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MetadataObject
The MetadataObject represents the node of the MetadataTree. You define properties and filters in this object that help guide enterprise metadata discovery.
IBM WebSphere recommends that you specify objectProperties that suggest the EIS objects you are defining. You should also define filter properties in MetadataObject that might make fetching of child objects more efficient and usable.
For example, for JDBC, if the node represents a schema, you might define a filter to fetch tables by name rather than fetching all tables.