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Defining a Business Object 8.1
then choose the Create Subnode option. The wizard screen pops up, and you
repeat the same process as before.
Figure 8.5 Initial Monster Business Object
The first screen just tells you what the pa rent node is and asks you to give the
child node a name and description; nothing exciting here. Next, you’re asked for
two structures, as before: one to be stored in the database, and a transient structure
for things like text descriptions, which are calculated at runtime. You create
both structures by double-clicking them and adding assorted fields.
Finally, you’re asked for the name of the combined structure, a table type for the
combined structure, and a database table to store the items—exactly the same as
before. This time, the system doesn’t need to generate quite so many objects, and
the end result looks like Figure 8.6.
Figure 8.6 Monster Object with Item Node
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