A business object can be viewed as a representation of a function in the business domain
(1) An object that represents a business function Business objects contain attributes that define the state of the object, and methods that define the behavior of the object A business object also has relationships with other business objects Business objects can be used in combination to perform a desired task Typical examples of business objects are Customer, Invoice, or Account (2) In the Enterprise Access Builder, a class that implements the IBusinessObject interface Business objects are used to map interactions with an existing host application Business objects are either managed or unmanaged Managed business objects have a key object that only permits the existence of one instance of the business object class at any time per execution context A key must implement the IBusinessObjectKey interface An unmanaged business object is a class that implements the IBusinessObject interface, but has no key object
An application-level component that can be used in unpredictable combinations A business object is independent of any single application and represents a recognizable everyday-life entity, such as a document processor A business object is a self-contained deliverable that has a user interface state, and that can cooperate with other separately developed business objects to perform a desired task
A representation of a thing active in the business domain, including at least its business name and definition, attributes, behavior, relationship and constraints A business object may represent, for example, a person, place or concept
(1) In the Access Builder for SAP R/3, an object that represents a business function Business objects contain attributes that define the state of the object, and methods that define the behavior of the object A business object also has relationships with other business objects Business objects can be used in combination to perform a desired task Typical examples of business objects are Customer, Invoice, or Account (2) In Persistence Builder, it is an object in your problem domain that you wish to save in a datastore Contrast with EAB business object
Any object that models the real, as opposed to system world (i e , a business object is not a system object) A business object may be physical (e g , a Person object) or an abstraction (e g , an Organization object)
an item within eMatrix that is used to contain, control, and manipulate information A business object is designed to store application files that can be generated by any software application