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Enterprise Objects
Conceptually
Represent your business
Reflect data in persistent stores
Define behaviours and business processes separate from data storage mechanism
Programatically
Defined by Java class files
Class must implement methods defined in the EOEntrepriseObject Interface
Integrate with the functionality of EOF by inheritance
EOGenericRecord
Default class used by EOF
Generic container for data and references to related objects
No entity-specific behaviour
Creates a dictionary of key, value, attribute with data from the database
Provides all getter and setter methods
Superclass for custom EOs
Implements the EOObjects interface - can override
Custom Behaviour in EOs
Subclass EOGenericRecord
Use the EOGenericRecord's built-in dictionary to store attributes and relationships
Common custom behaviours
Validation of data
Calculate derived attributes
Coordinate with other objects
Debugging support - toString()
Any other behaviour supported by Java
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Page updated September 9, 2004
