About Sun Master Index (Repository)

Sun Master Index provides a flexible framework that allows you to create matching and indexing applications called enterprise-wide master index applications. It is an application building tool to help you design, configure, and create a master index application that will uniquely identify and cross-reference the business objects stored in your system databases. Business objects can be any type of entity for which you store information, such as customers, patients, vendors, businesses, inventory, and so on.

When you create a master index application, custom database scripts and a custom Java API are automatically generated based on the information you specify in the wizard and the configuration files. Both the database scripts and API are derived from the object structure you define. For example, if you create a master index application with an Address object, the database scripts will define a table named SBYN_ADDRESS and one named SBYN_ADDRESSSBR. The Java API will include a class named AddressObject that includes “get” methods for each field you defined for the Address object.