Glossary:Top-Level Page

Top-Level Page, top-level page

A clipboard page that is usually created through the Page-New method. Applications create many top-level pages during the course of their operations, and activities can also create top-level pages. Most top-level pages are named, and have an associated class.

A clipboard page that is usually created through the Page-New method. Applications create many top-level pages during the course of their operations, and activities can also create top-level pages. Most top-level pages are named, and have an associated class.

A clipboard page that is usually created through the Page-New method. Applications create many top-level pages during the course of their operations, and activities can also create top-level pages. Most top-level pages are named, and have an associated class.

A data structure that holds name-value pairs. Pages are stored in the system memory or in the database. Various types of pages are defined in the system, such as data pages that are created when the data is referenced, named and unnamed pages, parameter pages, clipboard pages, and so on. Every unit of information in an application is a pairing of a name and a value, known as a data element. For example, a data element that stores the email address of a customer has the name "email," and the value "john.smith@company.com." Pages store data elements so that the application can use it to process the case.

A Pega Platform method, distinct from a Java method. An operation that can be performed by one step of an activity ( Rule-Obj-Activity rule type), or by a Parse Structured rule ( Rule-Parse-Structured rule type).

The rules that define the behavior of your application. You can create classes to gather rules related to a specific object in your application. For example, in a recruitment application, you can create a class that contains rules that define the flow of the recruitment process. Classes can contain other classes, hence a class that contains another class is called a parent class, while a class that is contained by another class is called a child class. A child class can reuse, or inherit, any of the rules that are defined for its parent class, which helps to build your application faster and more efficiently.