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Component Base Class
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.. codeauthor:: Jeremy Ernst

.. autoclass:: artv2.components.base_components.base_component.ART_Component
    :members:

Properties
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.. py:attribute:: prefix

        This property holds the component's prefix (optional)

        :return: Returns the component's prefix.
        :rtype: str

.. py:attribute:: suffix

        This property holds the component's suffix (optional)

        :return: Returns the component's suffix.
        :rtype: str

.. py:attribute:: parent

        This property holds the joint name of the parent of this component.

.. py:attribute:: network_node

        This property holds the network node that contains this module's metadata.