Wiki source code of Entities
Version 1.1 by Pierre Dubois on 2011/10/03 21:39
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| 1 | == A document based model == |
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| 3 | Probably the most important concept of the REQUEA platform is the concept of Entity. |
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| 5 | All data manipulated by applications (Users and Business Rules) is stored in entities. Entities provide: |
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| 7 | * the definition of the data manipulated (the entity 'definition') |
| 8 | * information on data types (such as dates, string, ...) used by the entire platform. For example, the User interface layer will render a calendar widget for a 'Date' type. |
| 9 | * relationship definitions for complex entity structures |
| 10 | * database or XML mapping information. |
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| 12 | == Properties == |