Child Elements of the <component> Element

The <component> element has the following child elements, which must appear in the order shown. These child elements might have their own child elements, attributes, or both.

• <extends> – Declares the base component from which the component is derived

• <varList> – Lists the component-scoped variables that are used by the component and its resources

• <targetRef> – Declares that the component is “targetable”

• <resourceRef> – Specifies the resource managed by the component

• <componentRefList> – Lists the components that are referenced by this component

• <installList> – Contains one or more named blocks of <install> steps

• <uninstallList> – Contains one or more named blocks of <uninstall> steps

• <snapshotList> – Contains one or more named <snapshot> blocks

• <controlList> – Lists the <control> blocks that are available for the component

• <diff> – Lists the directives that are used by the comparison engine to perform comparisons on this component