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title: "BaseItem | Customer's Canvas On-Premises"
canonical: "https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-atoms-js/reference/design-atoms-model/BaseItem/"
---

# BaseItem

> - [`ModelComponent`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-atoms-js/reference/design-atoms-model/ModelComponent.md#abstract-modelcomponent)

## Classes

### BaseItem

#### Extends

#### Extended by

- [`Item`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-atoms-js/reference/design-atoms-model/Item.md#item)
- [`SmartItem`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-atoms-js/reference/design-atoms-model/SmartItem.md#smartitem)

#### Constructors

##### Constructor

```ts
new BaseItem(id?, name?): BaseItem;
```

###### Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Default value |
| ------ | ------ | ------ |
| `id?` | `string` | `undefined` |
| `name?` | `string` | `""` |

###### Returns

[`BaseItem`](#baseitem)

###### Inherited from

[`ModelComponent`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-atoms-js/reference/design-atoms-model/ModelComponent.md#abstract-modelcomponent).[`constructor`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-atoms-js/reference/design-atoms-model/ModelComponent.md#constructor)

#### Properties

##### id

```ts
id: string;
```

###### Inherited from

[`ModelComponent`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-atoms-js/reference/design-atoms-model/ModelComponent.md#abstract-modelcomponent).[`id`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-atoms-js/reference/design-atoms-model/ModelComponent.md#id)

##### type

```ts
type: string = BaseItem.type;
```

##### type

```ts
static type: string = "base";
```

#### Accessors

##### name

###### Get Signature

```ts
get name(): string;
```

###### Returns

`string`

###### Set Signature

```ts
set name(value): void;
```

###### Parameters

| Parameter | Type |
| ------ | ------ |
| `value` | `string` |

###### Returns

`void`

###### Inherited from

[`ModelComponent`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-atoms-js/reference/design-atoms-model/ModelComponent.md#abstract-modelcomponent).[`name`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-atoms-js/reference/design-atoms-model/ModelComponent.md#name)

##### parentContainer

###### Get Signature

```ts
get parentContainer(): Container;
```

###### Returns

[`Container`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-atoms-js/reference/design-atoms-model/Container.md#container)

###### Set Signature

```ts
set parentContainer(value): void;
```

###### Parameters

| Parameter | Type |
| ------ | ------ |
| `value` | [`Container`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-atoms-js/reference/design-atoms-model/Container.md#container) |

###### Returns

`void`

##### tags

###### Get Signature

```ts
get tags(): object;
```

###### Returns

`object`

###### Set Signature

```ts
set tags(value): void;
```

###### Parameters

| Parameter | Type |
| ------ | ------ |
| `value` | \{ \[`key`: `string`\]: `any`; \} |

###### Returns

`void`

###### Inherited from

[`ModelComponent`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-atoms-js/reference/design-atoms-model/ModelComponent.md#abstract-modelcomponent).[`tags`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-atoms-js/reference/design-atoms-model/ModelComponent.md#tags)

##### version

###### Get Signature

```ts
get version(): string;
```

###### Returns

`string`

###### Inherited from

[`ModelComponent`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-atoms-js/reference/design-atoms-model/ModelComponent.md#abstract-modelcomponent).[`version`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-atoms-js/reference/design-atoms-model/ModelComponent.md#version)

#### Methods

##### addPropertyChanged()

```ts
addPropertyChanged(listener): void;
```

###### Parameters

| Parameter | Type |
| ------ | ------ |
| `listener` | (`sender`, `eventArgs`) => `void` |

###### Returns

`void`

###### Inherited from

[`ModelComponent`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-atoms-js/reference/design-atoms-model/ModelComponent.md#abstract-modelcomponent).[`addPropertyChanged`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-atoms-js/reference/design-atoms-model/ModelComponent.md#addpropertychanged)

##### clone()

```ts
clone(generateNewIds?, appropriateParentContainer?): BaseItem;
```

###### Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Default value |
| ------ | ------ | ------ |
| `generateNewIds` | `boolean` | `false` |
| `appropriateParentContainer` | `boolean` | `false` |

###### Returns

[`BaseItem`](#baseitem)

##### copyTo()

```ts
copyTo(destination): void;
```

###### Parameters

| Parameter | Type |
| ------ | ------ |
| `destination` | [`BaseItem`](#baseitem) |

###### Returns

`void`

##### equals()

```ts
equals(other): boolean;
```

###### Parameters

| Parameter | Type |
| ------ | ------ |
| `other` | [`ModelComponent`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-atoms-js/reference/design-atoms-model/ModelComponent.md#abstract-modelcomponent) |

###### Returns

`boolean`

###### Inherited from

[`ModelComponent`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-atoms-js/reference/design-atoms-model/ModelComponent.md#abstract-modelcomponent).[`equals`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-atoms-js/reference/design-atoms-model/ModelComponent.md#equals)

##### generateNewIds()

```ts
generateNewIds(): void;
```

###### Returns

`void`

###### Inherited from

[`ModelComponent`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-atoms-js/reference/design-atoms-model/ModelComponent.md#abstract-modelcomponent).[`generateNewIds`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-atoms-js/reference/design-atoms-model/ModelComponent.md#generatenewids)

##### getSimplifiedObject()

```ts
getSimplifiedObject(omitProperties?): Object;
```

###### Parameters

| Parameter | Type |
| ------ | ------ |
| `omitProperties?` | `string` \| `string`[] |

###### Returns

`Object`

###### Overrides

[`ModelComponent`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-atoms-js/reference/design-atoms-model/ModelComponent.md#abstract-modelcomponent).[`getSimplifiedObject`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-atoms-js/reference/design-atoms-model/ModelComponent.md#getsimplifiedobject)

##### removePropertyChanged()

```ts
removePropertyChanged(listener): void;
```

###### Parameters

| Parameter | Type |
| ------ | ------ |
| `listener` | (`sender`, `eventArgs`) => `void` |

###### Returns

`void`

###### Inherited from

[`ModelComponent`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-atoms-js/reference/design-atoms-model/ModelComponent.md#abstract-modelcomponent).[`removePropertyChanged`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-atoms-js/reference/design-atoms-model/ModelComponent.md#removepropertychanged)

##### toString()

```ts
toString(): string;
```

Returns a string representation of an object.

###### Returns

`string`

###### Inherited from

[`ModelComponent`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-atoms-js/reference/design-atoms-model/ModelComponent.md#abstract-modelcomponent).[`toString`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-atoms-js/reference/design-atoms-model/ModelComponent.md#tostring)

##### update()

```ts
update(item): void;
```

###### Parameters

| Parameter | Type |
| ------ | ------ |
| `item` | [`BaseItem`](#baseitem) |

###### Returns

`void`