String

Overview

Data type

A sequence of characters. The value space of String is the same as that of the XML Schema data type string as specified by the W3C Recommendation XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes Second Edition from October 28, 2004.

Supertypes

• NullableString

Implementation in Proteus Schema

A String is implemented as a literal for the XML Schema data type string.

The way this literal is used in a Proteus XML document depends on the Proteus Schema implementations of the data attributes with type NullableString or String.

• NullableString is the type of the Value attribute of CustomStringAttribute. CustomStringAttribute is implemented as a DEXPI custom generic attribute.

• All other attributes with type NullableString are implemented as DEXPI generic attributes. For example, see the MaterialOfConstructionCode attribute of AgitatorRotor.

• For the attributes with direct type String special rules apply. These attributes are:

  • CustomAttribute::AttributeName

  • CustomObject::TypeName

  • ShapeCatalogue::Name