Section rules
Completing the New or Save As form

Create a section rule by selecting Section from the User Interface category.

To mark the new rule as JSR 168 compliant, select a template rule in the Template field to copy for the section rule.

A section rule has two key parts:

Field	Description
Applies To	Select a class that this section rule applies to. In most cases, select the name of the class that contains the work objects that the section rule supports. Choose the class that is most specific to the application and its work objects, rather than a general Work- class. In special cases a section rule can apply to a class derived from the Data-, Embed- or Assign- base class. For example, a section may display properties of the class Embed-OrderDetails, where the work object contains a Page List property named CustomerOrder that applies to the Embed-OrderDetails property. C-1784
Purpose	Enter a name for this section rule. Begin the name with a letter and use only alphanumeric, ampersand, and dash characters to form a Java identifier. See How to enter a Java identifier.

The Template field is optional. Specify PortletSection to create a section rule that uses portlet-compliant HTML and can be displayed in a portlet window on a portal server through Service Portlet rules.

For general information about this form see Completing the new rule dialog box. For general information on the Save As form, see How to enter rule keys using Save As.

Rule resolution

TTTT Full rule resolution applies to section rules. When searching for section rules, the system:

• Filters candidate rules based on a requestor's RuleSet list of RuleSets and versions
• Searches through ancestor classes in the class hierarchy for candidates when no matching rule is found in the starting class
• Finds circumstance-qualified rules that override base rules
• Finds time-qualified rules that override base rules

About Section rules