37.1 Primary Applications vs. Dependent Applications

When working with application dependencies, the primary application is the application for which you are establishing dependencies. The applications that are defined as dependencies are called the dependent applications. The following illustrations shows this relationship.

Figure 37-1 Application A as the Primary Application with Applications B, C, and D as Dependent Applications.

A primary application can have one dependent application or, as shown in the above example, it can have multiple dependent applications.

In addition, an application can be both a primary application and a dependent application, as shown in the following illustration.

Figure 37-2 Application A as the Primary Application with Applications B, B1, B2, C, and D as Dependent Applications.

In the above example, Application B is one of Application A's dependent applications. At the same time, Application B has dependencies on two applications, Application B1 and Application B2.