View and Notification Services

Views and the related notification logic are the services that enable an application component to build a representation of the Server object model. They are a two-way interface whose purpose is to ensure consistency between a set of server objects and their representations as handled by one or more components. The view mechanism relies on the services provided by a notification engine, which is embedded in the Server library.

This chapter introduces a number of concepts and describes the interaction and notification mechanisms on which the view services rely. It is therefore divided as follows:

• Presenting the Company Example

• Concept and Definitions

• Notification Functions

• Notification States

• Example of a Notification Cycle

Note Static views are a deprecated feature. See “Views” for more information.