Re: [Gnue-dev] Appserver Documentation

[Reinhard Mueller]

Am Don, 2002-05-09 um 17.35 schrieb Neil Tiffin:
> Since I have not seen the plan for the business objects I may modify 
> my request as the design progresses but here is what I am thinking 
> about.

Oh, yes. That's a big chapter that's still missing in the whitepaper.
What business objects will look like, and what they will be able to do.
What kinds of fields there will be etc.

> We have said that business objects will mask the relationship with 
> tables so that there may exist a 1 to many relationship between 
> business objects and tables.
> 
> I would like to be able to define a master business object that 
> consists of regular business objects that ultimately relate to 
> various tables.  The relationship between master business objects and 
> regular business objects would be many to many.
> 
> This allows us to define smaller scale business objects that are 
> related to master business objects but remove the various join 
> details from the GUI.

Sorry, I still have problems to follow you. Could you please supply a
simple example?

Thanks a lot,
Reinhard

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Reinhard Mueller
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