This topic applies only to the IBM Business Process Manager Advanced configuration.

Programming using business object services

To facilitate the creation and manipulation of business objects, the business object framework extends SDO specifications by providing a set of Java services. These services are part of the package named com.ibm.websphere.bo.

This is a brief description of the business object services.

Table 1. Business object services
Service	Description
BOChangeSummary	Provides enhancements to the SDO change summary interface to manage the business graph's change summary header.
BOCopy	Facilitates copying a graph of business objects or a business graph that contains a graph of business objects.
BODataObject	Provides enhancements to the SDO Data Object interface.
BOEquality	Provides the ability to determine if two business graphs or business objects are equivalent.
BOEventSummary	Provides the interface for managing the content of the business graph's event summary header.
BOFactory	Provides the capability to create a business graph or a business object.
BOMode	Provides access to the business object parsing mode configuration while the application is running. Use this API in the design for applications with logic that provides specific behavior for lazy or eager parsing mode.
BOPrinter	Prints the business object content or type information.
BOType	Provides a mechanism to obtain the SDO type of a business graph or business object that mirrors what `Class.forName()` provides for Java class names.
BOTypeMetadata	Provides the capability of taking an annotation binary large object (BLOB) that conforms to the BO Type Metadata pattern and transforms it into a set of SDO DataObjects (and performs the reserve transform).
BOXMLDocument/BOXMLSerializer	Provides the mechanisms for creating and representing an XML Document in memory, and for serializing and de-serializing an XML document.
BOInstanceValidator	Provides a facility to validate a business object instance against its XSD definition. Business objects can be present with various forms. They can be simple business objects or wrapped by the enriched business graph model. In certain business integration scenarios, the business objects are in the deleted section of change summary. These business objects drive the downstream business logics. The accuracy of the business objects need to be ensured in all cases. There are two supported styles for BOInstanceValidator: Explicit Programmatic Validation: A system service is provided to validate business objects via a set of programming APIs. Implicit Interface Validation: This validation is enabled/disabled via IBM® Integration Designer on the target interfaces via a SCA interface qualifier.