Class Parameters
A class parameter defines a value that is the same for all objects of a given class. With rare exceptions, this value is established when the class is compiled and cannot be altered at runtime. You use class parameters for the following purposes:
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To define a value that cannot be changed at runtime.
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To define user-specific information about a class definition. A class parameter is simply an arbitrary name-value pair; you can use it to store any information you like about a class.
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To customize the behavior of the various data type classes (such as providing validation information) when used as properties; this is discussed in the next section.
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To provide parameterized values for method generator methods to use.
You can define parameters in an InterSystems IRIS class that contains ObjectScript methods, Python methods, or a combination of the two. The following shows a class with several parameters:
Class GSOP.DivideWS Extends %SOAP.WebService
{
Parameter USECLASSNAMESPACES = 1;
/// Name of the Web service.
Parameter SERVICENAME = "Divide";
/// SOAP namespace for the Web service
Parameter NAMESPACE = "http://www.mynamespace.org";
/// let this Web service understand only SOAP 1.2
Parameter SOAPVERSION = "1.2";
///further details omitted
}
