sub get_properties {

    my $self = shift;

    my $assignments = $self->get_sibling->Assignments;
    my @items;

    if ( defined($assignments) ) {

        foreach my $assignment ( in($assignments) ) {

            push( @items,
                DTS::AssignmentFactory->create($assignment)->get_properties );

        }

        return \@items;

    }
    else {

        carp "This dynamic properties does not have any assignment\n";
        return [];

    }

}