readOnly : Boolean

readOnly

Boolean

This keyword indicates that the value of the instance is managed exclusively by the owning authority, and attempts by an application to modify the value of this property are expected to be ignored or rejected by that owning authority.

Value	This keyword must be set to a boolean value
Kind	Annotation
Applies To	Any
Dialect	2019-09
Changed In	None
Introduced In	Draft 7
Vocabulary	Meta Data
Specification	https://json-schema.org/draft/2019-09/draft-handrews-json-schema-validation-02#rfc.section.9.4
Metaschema	https://json-schema.org/draft/2019-09/meta/meta-data
Official Tests	None
Default	`false`
Annotation	Boolean The boolean value set by this keyword
Affected By	None
Affects	None
Also See	writeOnly (Vocabulary: Meta-Data) title (Vocabulary: Meta-Data) description (Vocabulary: Meta-Data) examples (Vocabulary: Meta-Data) default (Vocabulary: Meta-Data) deprecated (Vocabulary: Meta-Data)

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