Richard Monson-Haefel wrote:
> 2. Does the business object have meaning by itself.
> If the business object has meaning independent of any other business object then
> it an entity bean. If it doesn't have meaning outside other business objects it
> should be a dependent object. An address, for example, only has meaning when
> associated with some kind of entity. A person, place or thing. It makes sense
> to lookup the address of an organization or person, but under what circumstances
> would you look up an address for its own sake? Generally you wouldn't.
I'm not picking holes; I'm genuinely curious: what about the address of,
say, an Order? Or is that another example of an address being
"associated with some kind of entity"? What if that address is picked
from a list of possible addresses a person can choose from, that they
maintain?
Cheers,
Laird
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