posted 20 years ago
No, composite entity is something different.
Composite entity( aka aggregate entity ) helps you manage several related entities as one entity bean. Suppose a customer has multiple addresses and a few bank accounts, instead of modelling all three( Customer, Account, Address ) as different entity beans, you create a coarse grained aggregate entity bean called Customer and manage the lifecycles of associated accounts and addresses within the context of the Customer.
Hope that helps,
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