8 Implementing Business Services with Application Modules

This chapter describes how to implement the overall functionality of your business services using the combination of application modules, view objects, and entity objects.

This chapter includes the following sections:

• Section 8.1, "Introduction to Application Modules"

• Section 8.2, "Creating an Application Module"

• Section 8.3, "Adding a Custom Service Method"

• Section 8.4, "Publishing Custom Service Methods to Clients"

• Section 8.5, "Working Programmatically with an Application Module's Client Interface"

• Section 8.6, "Overriding Built-in Framework Methods"

• Section 8.7, "Creating an Application Module Diagram for Your Business Service"

• Section 8.8, "Supporting Multipage Units of Work"

• Section 8.9, "Deciding on the Granularity of Application Modules"