Supertype Entity

A Supertype Entity is an Entity that has one or more Subtype Entities.

Characteristics

Characteristics

  

Icon:

Modeled entity icon

Object type code:

ent

Main Development Object?

No

Part of:

— , Modeled Entity

Contains:

Field, Key, Relationship, Property, Code Container, Subtype Entity

Generalization:

Entity

Specializations:

—

Compilation Output:

—

 

ent:EntityName

Specialization

Supertype Entity specializes Entity in the following ways:

  • It has one or more subtype entities.

  • It can have a parent entity, although this is true only when nesting subtype entities