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Create nested business objects

You can use the setWithCreate function to create nested business objects within a parent business object.

You can create nested business objects from a parent business object without having to write code that details intermediate child objects.

For example, you can set a nested business object two levels below the parent object without having to define a dependent business object one level below the parent object. Use the setWithCreate function to accomplish this task for:

• a single instance
• multiple instances
• a wildcard value
• a model group

The following topics describe how you can do each of these.

• Single instance of a nested business object
  Use the setWithCreate function to create a single instance of nested business object.
• Create multiple instances of nested business objects
  Use the setWithCreate function to create a multiple instances of nested business object.
• Use a nested business object defined by a wildcard
  

  You can specify the type xsd:any in a parent object to specify a child object, but only if the child object already exists.

• Use business objects in model groups
  

  You create the model group path patterns when working with nested business objects that are part of a model group.

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