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# PROPERTY

`PROPERTY` property-name
`OF` [`INTERFACE`] interface-name
`IS` operand
`END``-PROPERTY`

This document covers the following topics:

- PROPERTY Usage

- PROPERTY Syntax Description

- PROPERTY Example

For an explanation of the symbols used in the syntax diagram, see Syntax Symbols.

Related Statements: `CREATE OBJECT` | `DEFINE CLASS` | `INTERFACE` | `METHOD` | `SEND METHOD`

Belongs to Function Group: Component Based Programming

## PROPERTY Usage

The `PROPERTY` statement assigns an object data variable operand as the implementation to a property, outside an interface definition.

It is used if the interface definition in question is included from a copycode and is to be implemented in a class-specific way.

It may only be used within the `DEFINE CLASS` statement and after the interface definitions.

The interface and property names specified must be defined in the `INTERFACE` clause of the `DEFINE CLASS` statement.

## PROPERTY Syntax Description

Syntax Element | Description
--- | ---
`property-name` | Property Name: This is the name assigned to the `property`.
`OF interface-name` | Interface Name: This is the name assigned to the `interface`.
`IS operand` | IS Clause: The `operand` in the `IS` clause assigns an object data variable as the place to store the property value.
`END-PROPERTY` | End of PROPERTY Statement: The Natural reserved word `END-PROPERTY` must be used to end the `PROPERTY` statement.

## PROPERTY Example

The example contained in the documentation of the `METHOD` statement shows how the same interface is implemented differently in two classes, and how the `PROPERTY` statement and the `METHOD` statement are used to achieve this.

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- PROPERTY Usage
- PROPERTY Syntax Description
- PROPERTY Example