11.4. The CERN Material Request

The CERN Material Request is a Web-based electronic document that allows any of the 10,000 people working on CERN activities to purchase any of 16,000 standardized items from the CERN Stores Catalogue.

The Material Request document resembles almost any on-line order form, as you can see in Figure 11.10. It consists of a simple header that holds information about the customer, and how the goods are to be paid for, followed by one or more line items that contain quantity, description, and price fields.

Figure 11.10. The EDH Material Request Document

One of the first steps in converting the document to EJB is to identify ...

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