This chapter described the definition and use of business objects in the
IBM WebSphere InterChange Server system. The key points to remember
are:
- Business object definitions are specifications that define the types and
order of application data and the set of verbs that can trigger operations on
the data. A business object is an instance of a definition, containing
actual data and a verb.
- Application-specific business objects for the same types of entities
differ because application models differ. The differences are apparent
mostly in the order and number of attributes and the application specific
information.
- Business object definitions contain verbs and attributes.
Attributes with basic data types refer to data; attributes with compound
data types refer to child business objects.
- Inside a business object definition, application-specific information
contains relevant application data. A connector agent uses
application-specific information to drive its interactions with the
application.
- You can modify both application-specific and generic business objects if
you need to modify the data flow at a site.
