Remove multi table property defined in Parent descriptor

Question

I tried to remove a multi table property(which is defined in a parent descriptor) in a child, but it does not get removed.
<!-- Parent descr -->
<item-descriptor name="parent" ...>
     <table name="testTable" type="multi" id-column-name="id" multi-column-name="seq_num">
          <property name="testProperty" column-name="property1_id" data-type="map" component-data-type="string">
          </property>
     </table>
</item-descriptor>
<!-- Child descr -->
<item-descriptor name="child" super-type="parent" sub-type-value="child" xml-combine="append">
     <table name="testTable" type="multi" id-column-name="id" multi-column-name="seq_num">
          <property name="testProperty" xml-combine="remove">
          </property>
     </table>
</item-descriptor>
Above code does not remove the property "testProperty" in child descriptor.
If i have a auxiliary table type, rather than multi table type, then it is working fine. Not sure why it is not working in multi table property.
Does anyone have any idea?
Thanks!!!

Answer 1

Hi,
xml-combine is applicable when combining two or more xml definition files.
When you say it worked for you for a table of type auxiliary, the properties are in same xml or in different xml files?
In your case, you are actually trying to override a property from parent item descriptor in a child item descriptor.
I would suggest to have the testProperty removed from the parent item descriptor and let the children item descriptors define the testProperty.
Hope this helps.
Keep posting the updates / questions.
Thanks,
Gopinath Ramasamy