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Business object naming

EIS object names are extracted during the metadata import process. These names often must be modified for use with a resource adapter. Business object names, such as Customer or Address, must reflect the data structures they represent and follow a camel case initial capitalization format.

Convert business object names from EIS-assigned formats to a camel case format (remove separators such as spaces or underscores and capitalize first letter of each word).

For example, convert the EIS name, ORDER_LINE_ITEM, to OrderLineItem.

As described in the WebSphere business object specification, name the parent business object graph for the contained business object followed by BG.

For example, CustomerBG is the parent object graph for a Customer business object.

Business objects names as well as property names should have no semantic value to the adapter. When you develop your adapter logic, be sure that it is based on metadata as opposed to naming conventions.

Business object standards