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Adding Derived Properties


The Enterprise Objects Framework supports three different kinds of attributes: simple, derived, and flattened. Simple attributes, which correspond to a single column in the root table of the entity and can be read or updated directly from or to the database, are described in the chapter Working with Attributes. This chapter describes the other two types.

Additionally, the Framework supports two kinds of relationships. Simple relationships, which relate one table to another with a join, are described in the chapter Working with Relationships. The other kind, flattened relationships, are described in this chapter.

It's organized into the following sections:

Derived Attributes
Flattened Attributes Flattened Relationships

First Section