Does the leaf type of an array implementation data type follow type reference?

Question

In the SWS_Rte_07111 of the AUTOSAR_SWS_RTE document it says:

For each Array Implementation Data Type which leaf ImplementationDataTypeElement is typed by an ImplementationDataType [...]

In this sentence, to get to the "leaf", should I follow an eventual element of category TYPE_REFERENCE?

If I do and if the TYPE_REFERENCE refers to a BaseType, then SWS_Rte_02317 and SWS_Rte_07110 applies. If I don't then SWS_Rte_07111 and SWS_Rte_02318 applies.

Answer 1

The sentence says that the properties of the ImplementationDataTypeElement are described by an ImplementationDataType, which means that the attribute category of the ImplementationDataTypeElement is set to TYPE_REFERENCE.

But the "leaf element" is still an ImplementationDataTypeElement, not an ImplementationDataType.

But it may be that the ImplementationDataType to which the ImplementationDataTypeElement refers to sets that value of attribute category again to TYPE_REFERENCE.

So, you might need to resolve a chain of type references until you arrive at the actually applicable data type.