Hopefully this is an easy one. At theserverside.com and from other sources, references to dependent objects are made. I understand that a dependent object is simply a serializable class that is used for things like addresses, etc. My question is, how does the container map these to the database? Is this container specific? Can finders be written that query on properties inside a dependent object? (example, I want to query all accounts that have and address with the state of CA) Can anbody offer any detail? Thanks, Bill