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Figure 3-1 – Apple WebObjects 5 User Manual

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C H A P T E R 3

Enterprise Objects

What Is an Enterprise Object?

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Apple Computer, Inc. January 2002

Figure 3-1

Connecting enterprise objects to data and the user interface

WebObjects provides a database-to-objects mapping, called a model, so your
objects are independent of the database. WebObjects also provides an
objects-to-interface mapping so they are independent of the user interface. This
approach allows you to create libraries of enterprise objects that can be used in as

Relational database

WebObjects

Enterprise objects

Model

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