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  - Common/DTS.CommonCore/Enums/GroupTemplates/GroupTemplateChannelFields.cs
  - Common/DTS.CommonCore/Enums/GroupTemplates/GroupTemplateFields.cs
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# Documentation: Group Template Field Enums

## 1. Purpose

This module defines two enumeration types within the `DTS.Common.Enums.GroupTemplates` namespace that serve as field identifiers for group template entities and their associated channels. These enums provide strongly-typed constants for referencing specific fields, likely used in data mapping, validation, serialization, or UI binding scenarios where field names need to be referenced programmatically rather than via magic strings.

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## 2. Public Interface

### `GroupTemplateChannelFields`
**Namespace:** `DTS.Common.Enums.GroupTemplates`

Defines field identifiers for channel objects within group templates.

| Member | Implicit Value |
|--------|----------------|
| `Required` | 0 |
| `Name` | 1 |
| `ISOCode` | 2 |
| `Custom` | 3 |
| `DisplayOrder` | 4 |

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### `GroupTemplateFields`
**Namespace:** `DTS.Common.Enums.GroupTemplates`

Defines field identifiers for group template entities.

| Member | Implicit Value |
|--------|----------------|
| `Name` | 0 |
| `Description` | 1 |
| `Channels` | 2 |
| `LastModifiedBy` | 3 |
| `LastModified` | 4 |
| `AssociatedGroups` | 5 |

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## 3. Invariants

- Both enums use implicit integer backing values starting at 0, incrementing by 1 for each subsequent member.
- The `Name` member exists in both enums but represents different entities and has different implicit values (`1` in `GroupTemplateChannelFields`, `0` in `GroupTemplateFields`).
- All enum members are `public` by default (standard C# enum member visibility).

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## 4. Dependencies

**Dependencies (what this module imports):**
- None. These are self-contained enum definitions with no external references.

**Dependents (what depends on this module):**
- Unknown from source alone. Consumers would reference the `DTS.Common.Enums.GroupTemplates` namespace to use these field identifiers.

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## 5. Gotchas

- **Member name collision:** `Name` exists in both enums. Code referencing these values must use the fully-qualified type or disambiguate via the enum type to avoid confusion.
- **Implicit value ordering:** The implicit integer values differ for semantically similar fields. For example, `Name` is value `1` in `GroupTemplateChannelFields` but `0` in `GroupTemplateFields`. Any serialization or persistence logic relying on these integer values should account for this.
- **No explicit values defined:** Neither enum explicitly assigns values to members. Refactoring (adding, removing, or reordering members) could break any code or stored data that depends on the implicit integer values.