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<parml>

The <parml> element contains a list of terms and definitions that describes the parameters in an application programming interface. This is a special kind of definition list that is designed for documenting programming parameters. This element is part of the DITA programming domain, a special set of DITA elements designed to document programming tasks, concepts, and reference information.

Content models

See appendix for information about this element in OASIS document type shells.

Inheritance

+ topic/dl pr-d/parml

Example

Example source:
This code example is a basic method signature:
<codeblock>returnType methodName(pList1, pList2) {</codeblock>
where
<parml>
 <plentry>
  <pt>pList1</pt>
  <pd>is the first variable declaration passed to methodName</pd>
 </plentry>
 <plentry>
  <pt>pList2</pt>
  <pd>is the second variable declaration passed to methodName</pd>
 </plentry>
</parml>
Example output:

This code example is a basic method signature:

returnType methodName(pList1, pList2) {
where
pList1
is the first variable declaration passed to methodName
pList2
is the second variable declaration passed to methodName

Attributes

The following attributes are available on this element: Universal attribute group, @compact, @outputclass, and @spectitle.

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