WebObjects® Developer's Guide

Chapter 7. A Game of Crazy Eights: Beginning Enterprise Objects

“…Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

—Apple Computer

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Defining the Object Model

• Populating and Testing the Model

• Constructing the Game

• Refining the Model

So far, this book has successfully avoided discussion of the crown jewel of WebObjects, Enterprise Objects. The focus of Part I of the book was strictly on the view or interface layer of WebObjects. Enterprise Objects is the model layer of WebObjects.

It is a robust and time-tested object-relational tool. It is also terribly sophisticated and sometimes daunting. However, it is my personal opinion that Enterprise Objects has unjustly received that reputation. ...