Modeled Entity
A Modeled Entity is an Entity that defines a logical data aggregation at an abstract level. It is used to model the default properties and code of an entity, so that the Entity can be referenced and inherited by derived entities in components.
Characteristics
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Object type code: |
ent |
Main Development Object? |
Yes |
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Specializations: |
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Compilation Output: |
EntityName.edc, Entity Collection Signature, Occurrence Collection Signature, SQL scripts |
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Specialization
Modeled Entity specializes Main Development Object and Entity in the following ways:
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It has no parent
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It can contain modeled fields, keys, and relationships
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It must have a primary key