Attributes getters/setters not found in view object class

Question

Hi,
I am using JDeveloper 10.1.3.4 and have a question about customizing display hints in the view object.
In my application that is to be used by both the students and the administrative staff, I generated both the entity object and view objects for a table from the database. Some of the attributes need customized display format. For example, social security numbers in the datatable is 123456789. For the student users it needs to be displayed in the xxx-xx-6789 format. For staff users, it needs to be displayed in the 123-45-6789 format.
Therefore I create two view objects from the same entity object, one for students and one for staff, each to have its own display format. To put the customization code in the attributes' getter methods, however, I found that in the view object class files the getter methods are not there. The entity object class file has the getters; however if customization is done there I will not have two different formats.
What should for the getters to become available in the object class file so that I can customize them?
Thanks a lot for helping!
Newman

Answer 1

Newman,
Attribute getters would be on the view object ROW class.
John