BusinessObject

Java Interface

This class provides the public APIs to create, retrieve, and modify an instance of business object.

BusinessObjectHelper

Java Class

This class provides the public APIs to create, retrieve and modify business objects in bulk.

BusinessAlgorithmContext

Java Interface

This class provides the public API for accessing BusinessObjects that are stored in the MethodContext and is used to pass them and the Locale into the calculation engine. It provides a cache that custom BusinessAlgorithms can use to store state between executions, and it provides an index into the list of BusinessObjects to indicate which is currently being evaluated against.

BusinessAlgorithm

Java Interface

This interface is implemented by application developers and customers who want to define new calculated attribute operations. These operations may involve complex or expensive business logic. Classes Implementing this interface must be public and must provide a public no argument constructor.

execute()

Calculated Attribute Function

The new function for use in calculated attributes which create an instance of a BusinessAlgorithm, invoke its execute function, pass the arguments specified in the Type and Attribute Management utility, and return its results to the calculated attribute layer to be used by further formula processing.