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Advanced Enterprise
Object Modeling


This chapter discusses advanced enterprise object modeling issues not covered in the chapter "Designing Enterprise Objects." It is organized into the following sections:

Modeling Complex Attributes
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Images
Custom Data Types
Modeling Relationships
Modeling Optional To-One Relationships
Modeling Many-To-Many Relationships
Modeling Inheritance
Types of Inheritance
Vertical Mapping
Horizontal Mapping
Single Table Mapping
Data Access Patterns for Inheritance
Fetching and Inheritance
Delegation Hooks for Optimizing Inheritance
Java Limitation With Ambiguous To-One Relationships
Designing Database-Savvy Enterprise Objects

First Section