The <apiOperationClassifier> element identifies a returned value that is an instance of a classifier, for example, the class of the returned object.
The following example shows an <apiOperationClassifier> item for a Visual Basic method:
<apiOperation id="rational.xde.getApplicableStereotypesAsString">
<apiName>getApplicableStereotypesAsString</apiName>
<shortDesc>Returns a string that specifies the stereotype associated with the element.</shortDesc>
<apiOperationDetail>
<apiOperationDef>
<apiImpl>Method</apiImpl>
<apiType name="type" value="Function"/>
<apiQualifier name="access" value="public"/>
<apiOperationClassifier href=”String.dita”>String</apiOperationClassifier>
<apiDefNote>Returns a string that specifies the stereotypes.</apiDefNote>
</apiOperationDef>
<apiDesc>This property searches all the profiles in the model.</apiDesc>
</apiOperationDetail>
</apiOperation>
apiConstructorDef, apiEvent, apiOperationDef, apiOperationDefItem, apiParam, apiReturn
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