Glossary:Container class

Container Class, container class

A concrete or abstract class that unifies a set of classes in the PegaRULES database. A container class has a name that corresponds to a class group. A class group, in turn, has a name that matches a class rule.

A concrete or abstract class that unifies a set of classes in the PegaRULES database. A container class has a name that corresponds to a class group. A class group, in turn, has a name that matches a class rule.

A concrete or abstract class that unifies a set of classes in the PegaRULES database. A container class has a name that corresponds to a class group. A class group, in turn, has a name that matches a class rule.

A class that supports the definition of rules, including other classes. Rules with a class as a key part (including properties, activities, flows, and data transforms) can apply to an abstract class. An abstract class can be inherited by subclasses of the abstract class and can be a child of a higher abstract class.

(Deprecated) A configuration of panels (areas) in a harness that support a composite portal. Existing panel sets continue to function. As a best practice, upgrade panel sets to screen layouts.

A relational database that holds the rules, data instances, work items, history, and other concrete objects from the internal classes of the Pega Platform system. External classes are not part of the PegaRULES database.

The basic building blocks of an application, rules define the behavior of an application. There are many types of rules, each defining a different type of behavior. For example, rules define the display of a form, the fields that are used in your application, and the flows that define the process of completing work.

The system can reuse rules throughout your application. For example, in an application for ordering replacements parts, you can define a user interface to capture an address, and reuse the same rule for the UI to capture both the mailing address and the billing address for the order.

You define rules in an application to create a business solution for your organization and customers. Rules provide flexibility during the development process and help you design applications more efficiently, so that they can be implemented again in future projects.