Entity Objects in Oracle OAF

• Entity Objects map to a Database table or other data source.
• One EO represents one table in database but in some cases one EO may represent several tables.
• Each Entity Object instance represents a single row.
• Entity Objects are fundamental BC4J objects through which all inserts/updates/deletes interact with the database.
• Entity Object contain attributes representing database columns.
• Entity Objects are the central point for business logic and validation related to a table.
• Entity Objects encapsulates attribute-level and Entity Level validation logic
• Entity Object can contain custom business methods also.
• We will not modify Oracle Provided Entity Objects directly but we can extend EO.