Modeling the Recipe noun to Management Center object definitions

In the Management Center tools, business objects contain data. In WebSphere Commerce Version 7 and WebSphere Commerce Version 7 Feature Pack 1, a business object definition class is a subclass of wcfObjectDefinition.

Starting in WebSphere Commerce Version 7 Feature Pack 2, a business object definition is a definition that extends wcfObjectDefinition.

Business objects have relationships and can be modeled in UML to review and determine the correct model. The business object relations are modeled according to the noun in service module. The following UML diagram describes the Recipes tool:

Recipe and Recipe Collection

These collections are 2 primary objects in recipe tool that represent 2 main concepts in this tool. ChildRecipe is parent reference object, which is used to build parent-child relationship between them. They are in 1 to n relationship, which means one recipe collection can have multiple recipes, while one recipe can belong to only one recipe collection. It is same as the relationship between Catalog group and Catalog.

RecipeDescription, Ingredients, RecipeInstruction, and RecipeAssociation

These objects are four child objects of Recipe, which represent the recipe description, the ingredients of a recipe, the instructions to complete a recipe, and the tools that are used in a recipe. Ingredients and RecipeInstruction have their own description as child objects. RecipeAssociation builds a reference relationship with CatalogEntry. Ingredients also build a reference relationship with CatalogEntry.

RecipeCollection

RecipeCollection has only one child object, RecipeCollection Description.

RecipeCollectionTopObject, UnassignedRecipeNode, RecipeCollectionNode

These objects are either organization objects or top objects, which are used to build the navigation tree in the Recipes tool. RecipeCollectionTopObject is the top object for the tool. It is the root node of the navigation tree in the UI and is not visible. Its role is to return the first level of nodes in the tree by using GetChildrenServices. It does not have a server-side representation. UnassignedRecipeNode is an organizational object and does not have a server-side representation. This object is meant as a way of categorizing the recipes. The UnassignedRecipeNodeobject groups all recipes that are not part of collection. RecipeCollectionNode is also an organizational object and does not have a server-side representation. This object is meant as a way of categorizing the recipes. The RecipeCollectionNode object groups all recipes by collection. This object 's GetChildrenServices return RecipeCollection objects.

These names of Management Center business objects might not be the same as noun names or the schema. The following table shows the mapping between UI business object with schema or Noun.