Here's a white paper on Business Objects with Java:

http://javaboutique.internet.com/tutorials/businessObject/

It bases it's discussion on "Use Cases" so you'll need to understand that also. But it will make a lot of sense then, I think. To have a business object model a use case.

PF

>The message posted by David Foderick about whether to use or not to use DataSet as a business object prompted me to come out of the closet <g>. I admit I still don't understand business objects.
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>Can someone point me to a simple page explaining how DataSet is used as a business object. Or if you have time and don't mind, can you give me a very simple example of how DataSet (or not dataset) works as a business object. Somethink like a one-window application of maintaining customer database.
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>Thank you in advance.