Target

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Represents the ID of the target class type in a relationship type.

Schema Hierarchy

ManagementPack
  TypeDefinitions
    EntityTypes
      RelationshipTypes
        RelationshipType
          Target

Syntax

Xml
<Target>Company.Product.TargetClass<Target>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and the parent element of the Target element.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
RelationshipType	Represents a relationship type definition in a management pack.

Text Value

The value of the Target element, while always being an ID of some predefined class type, follows certain restrictions, depending on the base class of the parent RelationshipType element.

Relationship Type Context	Target Value Restrictions
Containment	No restrictions. The value of the Target element’s relationship to the Source element can be reciprocal, reflexive, or neither. The relationship between the Target element and the Source element is a many-to-many relationship.
Reference	No restrictions. The value of the Target element’s relationship to the Source element can be reciprocal, reflexive, or neither. The relationship between the Target element and the Source element is a many-to-many relationship.
Hosting	The value of the Target element’s relationship to the Source element can be neither reflexive nor reciprocal. The ClassTypes ID of the Target element must be defined in the same management pack as this RelationshipType element, and the Target element must not be the Target element of any other hosting relationship. The Target element can be abstract or not.

Remarks

For examples of how the Target element is expressed in a management pack, see RelationshipType.