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.