The follow procedure describe how you perform a reset on any definition except for type definitions. For the procedure for type definitions, see Resetting a type definition. Once the toolkit is running, to reset a definition, do the following:
1 To ensure that the toolkit uses the most recent definitions, determine the order in which you reset the definitions by taking into account the following items:
▪ When resetting a set of entities of the same type, reset the simple definitions before resetting any composite definition that includes the simple definitions.
▪ When resetting a set of entities of different types, use the following order:
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▪ When working with self-defined entities that have a split modularity, reset only the required entity. If the modularity is mixed or grouped, reset all the modified generic definitions before resetting the self-defined entity. However, a modification in the definition of one hierarchy's context does not have any effect if a context object instance already exists for this definition. This is because the convertTagtoObject(Tag) method does not create a new object instance in this case.
2 Update the definition file with the new tag definition.
3 Call the appropriate reset method.
For example, to reset a data entity called A, you would use the following method of the data externalizer: