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lifecycle sentence
lifecycle sentence
In
relation to a table, it lets define:
the records’ states; the
table’s transformations; the transition constraints and the default
rules
Lifecycle TABLE_NAME {
(TYPE_OF_RULE)
[STATES] {
<state_name,
string_constant>
}
[TRANSFORMATIONS]
{
<transformation_name, string_constant, type_of_sentence>
}
[TRANSITIONS]
{
<state_name,
transformation_name, state_name>
}
[DEFAULT
RULES] {
<action_rule_descriptor>
}
}