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29	29	* Create slight variations to the defined mapping in a given attribute.
30	30	* Change DB easily without touching your models.
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	32	+Let's look at an example for a prototype. This is the definition of "shortString", a prototype defined in the WONDER's ERPrototypes framework (we'll talk more about this framework later). The screenshot was taken from the Entity Modeler plugin in Eclipse, part of WOLips.
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	34	+[[image:prototypeExample.png]]
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	36	+We can see here that:
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	38	+* The prototype name is "shortString".
	39	+* The external type (ie, the database type) is varchar.
	40	+* The varchar width is 50, which means you can save up to 50 characters on each record.
	41	+* The Java class that will map the database value in memory is String.
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	43	+(The other fields are not relevant for the prototype definition)
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32	32	eogenerator
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34	34	to-many relationships