Aspect inheritance?

[targa2000]

Can an aspect have a parent?

<aspect name="exaarentAspect">
   <title>parent aspect</title>
         <properties>
   <property name="exa:someProperty">
       <type>d:text</type>
   </property>
         <properties>
</aspect>
<aspect name="exa:childAspect">
   <title>child aspect</title>
   <parent>exaarentAspect</parent>
         <properties>
   <property name="exa:childProperty">
       <type>d:text</type>
   </property>
         <properties>
</aspect>

If they can't, can aspects share properties?

[kbonnet]

I think the answer to both questions is No.

What are you trying to achieve?

[targa2000]

thanks for the reply.  I wanted to have aspects with many similar properties. 

the workaround is probably just to have one aspect with a number of properties blank when used in different situations or for different content.

[kbonnet]

If you're using Share you could write a "custom control" to not show some properties in a specific situation. Maybe that also helps you.

[tommorris]

Are you sure aspects cannot have parents…?
http://www.ixxus.com/blog/2009/01/aspects/
…hmmm

[kbonnet]

Oh, i just didnt know this. This is really nice! Havent ever used or tried it, so i leave that up to you.

Sorry for confusing you then and thanks for learning me about this

Koen