Compound objects
Compound objects behave like Non-controlling containers, but can also store data.
The following are some of the characteristics of a Compound object.
- Behaves like a Non-controlling container, but can also store data.
- Is based on Hybrid objects.
- Stores data in the same way as a FixedFormat object, and is intended for the storage of ASCII text such as XML or SGML (CompoundAscii)
- Stores data in the same way as a graphic, and is intended for the storage of non-ASCII data formats (CompoundBinary).