How to reuse rules through inheritance
Is it a mistake in the description below?:
1) Here it is the definition: Pattern inheritance describes the business relationship between classes. Pattern inheritance allows your application to share rules with other applications throughout an organization. The following image demonstrates a basic pattern inheritance hierarchy. - it clearly states that Pattern Inheritance allows sharing rules with other applications.
Is it a mistake in the description below?:
1) Here it is the definition: Pattern inheritance describes the business relationship between classes. Pattern inheritance allows your application to share rules with other applications throughout an organization. The following image demonstrates a basic pattern inheritance hierarchy. - it clearly states that Pattern Inheritance allows sharing rules with other applications.
2) But the knowledge check on the same page below states completely different:
So what is correct? Can pattern inheritance be used to share rules between apps or not?
Thank you.
Accepted Solution
Pegasystems Inc.
US
That would be a typo. Instead of "application", the knowledge check should use the word "layer". The correct explanation would be: Pattern inheritance allows you to reuse rules within a single layer. Directed inheritance allows you to reuse rules in other layers, including standard rules provided as part of the Pega platform.
CNO
US
As suggested by TEIXS it should not be an application. Here "layers" is more appropriate.
The real difference between a pattern and directed inheritance is how they find rules
Pegasystems Inc.
US
Suppose you define Org-Data-Vehicle, labeled "Vehicle", at the Enterprise layer. Within that Enterprise layer you can also define a "Car" Data type that is based on "Vehicle". The generated class will be Org-Data-Vehicle-Car. That class would directly extend Org-Data-Vehicle. Note that pattern inheritance takes precedence and occurs within the same layer.
Now suppose you define Org-App-Data-Vehicle within the Application layer, that layer built on the Enterprise layer. The Org-App-Data-Vehicle class would directly extend Org-Data-Vehicle. Within that Application layer you could also define Org-App-Data-Vehicle-Car.
Direct inheritance is used to bridge two layers. Pattern inheritance is used within a layer.
The New Application Wizard uses direct inheritance when it bridges a new case type within the new application's layer to a case type of the same name defined in a built-on Application's layer.