A BusinessEntity is an individual instance of a data entity served up by
BusinessObjects. For instance, a name BusiessObject may generate a PersonEntity.
Note that all business objects can operate without the use of an entity object.
However, Entity objects make using business objects much more straightforward.

System.Object
  EPS.Business.BusinessObjects.BusinessEntity

public abstract class BusinessEntity : object, IBusinessEntity,
   IDisposable,
   IDeletable,
   ISavable,
   IVerifyable,
   IDataBindingRefresher,
   INotifyPropertyChanged

Class Members

Member	Description
BeforeRemove	This event fires before the entity is verified
BeforeSave	This event fires before the entity is saved
BeforeVerify	This event fires before the entity is verified
DataSourceChanged	Event that indicates that data within the object has been updated
DataSourceChangedWithDetails	Event that indicates that data within the object has been updated
PropertyChanged	This event fires whenever a property on this control changes
Removed	This event fires after the entity is verified
Saved	This event fires every time an entity is saved
Verified	This event fires after the entity is verified
AtomicSave	Saves all the specified business entities within an atomic operation public static bool AtomicSave( BusinessEntity[] entities ); public static bool AtomicSave( BusinessEntity[] entities, bool verifyBeforeSave );
Clone	Creates a copy of the current business entity public IBusinessEntity Clone();
Delete	Performs a delete operation by calling Remove() internally public sealed bool Delete();
Dispose	Implementation of IDisposable, in particualr the Dispose() method. public sealed void Dispose();
GetBusinessObject	This method generates the appropriate business object for the current entity. public abstract IBusinessObject GetBusinessObject();
GetInternalData	Returns the data set used internally. public sealed DataSet GetInternalData();
GetInternalFieldName	Returns the internal (mapped) field name and table name public virtual string GetInternalFieldName( string exposedFieldName, string exposedTableName );
GetInternalTableName	Returns the internal (mapped) table name public virtual string GetInternalTableName( string exposedTableName );
GetRawData	Returns all the internal data as an XML string. public sealed string GetRawData();
IgnoreIsDirty	Sets the entity to appear not dirty, even if there are changes in the data. public sealed void IgnoreIsDirty();
IsFieldNull	Returns whether or not that field's value is currently null/nothing public sealed bool IsFieldNull( string fieldName );
Remove	Removes (deletes) the current entity public virtual bool Remove();
Save	Saves the current data public virtual bool Save(); public virtual bool Save( IBusinessObject businessObject );
Verify	Verifies the current data public virtual void Verify(); public virtual void Verify( Type ruleType );
AssociatedBusinessObject	Internal reference to the business object associated with this entity
BrokenRules	Broken business rules collection
EntityState	State of the current entity
ID	Primary key of the current entity (string)
IsDirty	Indicates whether the objects data contains any chances, such as
LoadState	Data load state of the entity
PK	Primary key of the current entity (Guid)
PKInteger	Primary key of the current entity (int)
PKString	Primary key of the current entity (string)
PrimaryKeyType	Primary Key Type used by this entity

Requirements

Namespace: EPS.Business.BusinessObjects
Assembly: BUSINESSOBJECTS.DLL