# apipackage

The <apipackage> element is a reference to a package.

#### Description

This element can be used to reference a package from another DITA topic type.

#### Example

    <task id="httpxml">
      <title>Getting an XML file through an HTTP connection</title>
      <taskbody>
        <steps>
        <step><cm>Open the connection.</cm>
          <info>You use <apipackage keyref="com.ibm.xtools.patterns.framework.uml2">com.ibm.xtools.patterns.framework.uml2</apipackage>
          in a Java application.</info>
        </step>
        ...
        </steps>
      </taskbody>
    </task>

#### Content model

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#### Inheritance

topic/xref pr-d/xref

Parent topic: api-domain reference module