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Data sources
Explains how the various formats of business objects are handled at the data source level.
*About data sources
*Gives a brief description of the purpose of a data source.
*Data source API
*Describes the different data source interfaces with their usage and provides a class diagram.
*Adding business objects from XML
*Explains how the default implementation of the data source can create IlpObject instances from XML files.
*Adding business objects from JavaBeans
*Shows how to add JavaBean objects to a data source.
*Adding dynamic business objects
*Explains how to create dynamic business objects, add them to a data source, and remove them when they are no longer required.
*Defining business object relationships
*Explains how to define relationships such as links and containment in a data source.
*Grouping changes in batches
*Explains how to make changes to the contents of a data source or to business objects by grouping them into batches.
*Advanced parsing and writing of a data source
*Explains how to use the IlpDataSourceLoader and IlpDataSourceOutput classes.
*Implementing a new data source
*Shows how to implement a data source for loading on demand a hierarchy of objects and, more precisely, a file system.

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