Hello,
the specification currently is somewhat confusing where it defines the
meta-data attributes "dependent" and "element-dependent". Concerning
"dependent" it says:
"The dependent attribute indicates that the field contains a
reference that is to be deleted
from the datastore if the referring instance in which the field is
declared is deleted, or if the
referring field is nullified."
Now does that mean that really the *reference* is to be deleted (which
seems kinda natural to me), or rather the object being referred to?
Probably the latter?
For collection fields, there is the additional "dependent-element"
attribute of the "collection" tag. Wouldn't it be enough to have
"dependent" on the field level? Or what does it mean if the user
specifies 'dependent="false"' with nested 'element-dependent="true"', or
vice-versa?
Thanks for any explanations,
Jörg
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