Working with Classes

Classes are the building blocks of applications. When you start CIM WorkShop, it becomes populated with the classes that make up the CIM and Solaris Schemas. These classes adhere to the Distributed Management Task Force standards. Their unique properties, methods, and qualifier values cannot be changed.

To set new values for an existing class, you can create a new instance or class. The CIM and Solaris Schema classes serve as templates. When you create a new instance or class, you produce a copy of the selected class in which you can add new properties, methods, and qualifier values. In this way, you build your own extensions into the CIM or Solaris Schemas.

You cannot modify the values of inherited properties, methods, or qualifiers.

For information about how to create an instance, see Working with Instances. For information about how to create a class, see the following section.