propertyName

The extention syntax propertyName specifies a property name for a property.

Target

A target of the default attribute is the property.

Parameters

The propertyName attribute takes a string value for a property name of a target property.

Artifact

A property name for a target property will be the name specified by the propertyName attribute.

Example

List 8.4.4.1[grammarPropertyName.rng] is a sample schema that uses the propertyName attribute. In element elements named balance and owner, the className attributes is used. In this case, a name of a property from the element balance will be amount instead of balance, and the name of the property from the element owner will be person instead of owner.

<grammar xmlns="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"
         xmlns:java="http://www.relaxer.org/xmlns/relaxer/java"
         datatypeLibrary="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-datatypes">
  <start>
    <ref name="account"/>
  </start>
  <define name="account">
    <element name="account">
      <attribute name="accountNo">
        <data type="token"/>
      </attribute>
      <element name="balance" java:propertyName="amount">
        <data type="int"/>
      </element>
      <element name="owner" java:propertyName="person">
        <data type="token"/>
      </element>
      <ref name="address"/>
      <zeroOrMore>
        <ref name="phone"/>
      </zeroOrMore>
    </element>
  </define>
  <define name="address">
    <element name="address">
      <attribute name="zip">
        <data type="token"/>
      </attribute>
      <text/>
    </element>
  </define>
  <define name="phone">
    <element name="phone">
      <attribute name="area">
        <data type="token"/>
      </attribute>
      <data type="token"/>
    </element>
  </define>
</grammar>

Effects of the propertyName attribute on the sample schema are described in Table 8.4.4.1[Effects of Property Name].