Element List Features

An element list created by an action descriptor is linked to a context resource. The context resource is typically the one that was selected when the action was executed, which is an element list entry or a filter in most cases. This means the items in the created element list have access to parent properties; properties of the context resource the list was created from. Properties are available through linked element lists in a hierarchical way.

If the context resource is deleted or refreshed, all linked element lists will be removed as well.

If the same properties exists multiple times in the hierarchy, the resources within them only have access to the last occurrence.

Parent property values can be changed by child resources by resource operations (UPDATE).

The following image shows the inheritance of properties through linked lists:

Since the list contains only the properties “file name” and “create date”, the “folder name” will be obtained from the hierarchy.