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Custom TaskParameter with name "Target" returns multiple values

When creating a task parameter with the name "Target" like so:

  <TaskParameter type="Combobox" name="Target">
    <Item name="a"/>
    <Item name="b"/>
  </TaskParameter>

The resulting TaskParameter value = *,a

If I rename the task parameter to any other name it returns the correct (singular) value "a"

It would appear that there might be a hidden property called "Target" that somehow is returning a value of "*" perhaps? When reporting all task parameters (when using any other name for this) I do not see TaskParameter Target = *

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Target is probably a special reserved word, as with all of the form values “above the line”. (priority, schedule, launchable, etc)

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Mods please delete - this was a user error on my part

I had a task parameter referencing another parameter via the "Parent" property; the value of which was incorrect. This caused issues with task configuration and was not caught as an exception when loading the plugin (or in my local debug process)

To avoid this issue in the future I will instead create strongly-typed objects (in-lieu of xml text) that are converted to xml at run-time by the Clarity ConfigData interface property. That way any invalid references will automatically be picked up in the debug process; particularly important when you're dealing with large lists of parameters that may change during development

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It seems this might be database corruption, since now after changing the parameter name again it won't even load the task. Not sure how this can occur on a relatively fresh install but perhaps Clarity task service isn't clearing the old TaskParameters for the task from the database correctly.

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