Glossary:Ultimate base class

Ultimate Base Class, ultimate base class

The topmost class in the class hierarchy, identified by the symbol @baseclass. All other classes are derived from this class. This class is similar to the root class in Java.

The abstract classes Assign-, Rule-, Work-, and others that are direct subclasses of the ultimate base class are known as base classes.

The topmost class in the class hierarchy, identified by the symbol @baseclass. All other classes are derived from this class. This class is similar to the root class in Java. The abstract classes Assign-, Rule-, Work-, and others that are direct subclasses of the ultimate base class are known as base classes.

The topmost class in the class hierarchy, identified by the symbol @baseclass. All other classes are derived from this class. This class is similar to the root class in Java. The abstract classes Assign-, Rule-, Work-, and others that are direct subclasses of the ultimate base class are known as base classes.

The way classes are organized in the application to ensure sharing of rules and data. When you create a class hierarchy, you define which classes contain other classes and, as a result, you define how classes reuse or inherit rules. A class that contains another class is called a parent class, while a class that is contained by another class is called a child class. The ultimate base class (@baseclass) is the topmost class in the hierarchy. All other classes are derived from this class. The names of all classes that belong to a common class group start with the class group name, followed by a hyphen. For example, if you define a class group Work-Object-App-Task, you can name the child classes in this class group Work-Object-App-Task-Ordering, Work-Object-App-Task-Shipping, and Work-Object-App-Task-Billing. Child classes can use rules that belong to parents (for example, user data).

The rules that define the behavior of your application. You can create classes to gather rules related to a specific object in your application. For example, in a recruitment application, you can create a class that contains rules that define the flow of the recruitment process. Classes can contain other classes, hence a class that contains another class is called a parent class, while a class that is contained by another class is called a child class. A child class can reuse, or inherit, any of the rules that are defined for its parent class, which helps to build your application faster and more efficiently.