Definition Alias
Use
The aliases of operations on definitions whose return type is non-primitive are called definitions aliases.
Note
The eight primitive return types supported by the Java programming language are:
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byte
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short
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int
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long
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float
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double
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boolean
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char
Example
Address custAddress = null is a definition alias.
The Address object has operations like getCity() , getCountry() .
Definition aliases of custAddress are:
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custAddress.getCity()
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custAddress.getCountry()
You can create a definition alias in the project resources and at the ruleset level.
For more information, see Project Resources