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Simple Custom Model

The Simple Custom Model provides a foundation for a new model which requires advanced dataset management and pagination support. The simple custom model is a solution for the developer who would have previously coded a new model which specialized com.iplanet.jato.model.DefaultModel. Unlike other types of custom model, this type provides field value storage and other behavior, allowing the developer to merely customize existing capabilities rather then define them.

Property Name	Description	Notes
Coerce Value Types	When true, the model implementation will try to convert values set on the model fields to the type specified for that field. For instance if the type of the field is Boolean, then a string value from an HTML form which is mapped to the model through a display field will be coerced to a Boolean. This feature uses the com.iplanet.jato.util.TypeConverter class for all type conversions, which allows developers to register new type conversion algorithms.
Default Operation Name	The operation which may be invoked when an operation name is not specified in the ModelExecutionContext parameter of the `execute()` method. Please note that the `execute()` method implementation of the new model must be provided by the developer. If the developer chooses to disable or omit `execute()` behavior for their new model then this property will have no purpose. In short, use of this property is at the discretion of the component author.
Name	The class name of the component.	Req

Fields

Property Name	Description	Notes
Field Class	Class type of the field (String, Integer, Boolean, etc.) which may be leveraged by the developer coding the model implementation.
Name	The logical name of the model field.	Req

Operations

Property Name	Description	Notes
Name	The model operation name.	Req