'Type' Entity Controlling Characteristics for 'Instance' Entities - Characteristic Controls

There are type entities that control the characteristics for their instance entities. These are tables typically named CI_CHTY_<type_entity>, for example: CI_CHTY_CCTY. These type entities specify a list for its instances: the valid characteristic types, default characteristic types, required characteristic types, and so on. This list is the type entity's Characteristic Controls.

The following are the naming conventions for the characteristic controls:

For example, the class name for characteristic control of Customer Contact Type is: CustomerContactTypeCharacteristicControl.

And the collection is defined as follows:

			/**
			  * @version $Revision: #1 $
			  * @BusinessEntity (tableName = CI_CC_TYPE,
			      oneToManyCollections = { @Child (collectionName = characteristicControls, childTableName = CI_CHTY_CCTY)})
			*/