The Dependency Manager

The application includes a Dependency Manager which is responsible for storing and managing dependencies between input data items ("precedents") and output data items ("dependents").

CER and its clients (such as the Eligibility and Entitlement Engine, and Advisor) integrate tightly with the Dependency Manager to support the recalculation of CER results whenever inputs which have been used in CER calculations change.

This chapter provides an overview of the Dependency Manager as follows:

• the concepts underlying the Dependency Manager and the terminology used to describe them;
• the functions that the Dependency Manager performs;
• the batch processing included with the Dependency Manager;
• how CER integrates with the Dependency Manager; and
• compliancy for the Dependency Manager.