Creating a Diagram of Business Components

Entity objects, view objects and application modules, their attributes and methods, the associations between them and their inheritance relationships can all be modeled graphically on a Business Components diagram. Entity object usages can be modeled on view objects, and view object instances and application module instances can be modeled on application modules. Business Components diagrams can also be used for modeling UML classes, Java classes, UML use cases, offline database objects, Enterprise JavaBeans and web services.

To create a diagram of business components:

Create a new Business Components diagram in an application or Oracle ADF Business Components project using the Business Components Diagram icon in the New Gallery. For more information, see Create a New Diagram.
Create the elements you require on the diagram using the Business Components Component Palette.
Entity Object

Domain

1 to * Association

Directed 1 to 1 Association

Directed 1 to * Association

Directed Strong Association

View Object

Entity Object Usage

View Link

Application Module

View Object Instance

View Link Instance

Application Module Instance

Generalization

For more information on creating nodes and connectors on a diagram, see Creating Nodes on a Diagram and Connecting Nodes on a Diagram.

Tip: You can also annotate your diagram by creating and attaching notes to diagram element, and adding URL links to other locations such as files or web locations. For more information, see Annotating a Diagram.