<componentType> Element

The <componentType> element is a child of the <component> element and is used to declare a component type backed by the containing component. The <componentType> element may not be used with the <systemService> element. When the <componentType> element used in a <component> element, a component is loaded and a component type that is backed by that component is created.

Attributes for the <componentType> Element

The <componentType> element has five attributes:

• name – The name of the component type.

  A name has a maximum of 64 characters. The name must start with a letter or underscore, followed by any number of letters, digits, or special characters, such as underscore (_), period (.), plus (+), minus (-), and space ( ). Unicode letters and digits are permitted.

• description – An optional description of the component type.

• group – The group name of the component type.

• order – A number that identifies where to put this component type.

• indentLevel – A number between 0 and 10 that identifies the level to which to indent this component type in a hierarchy of component types.