Describes the dependency relationships between persistent objects in the database. Persistent objects can be dependents (they depend on other objects) and/or providers (other objects depend on them).

Providers are tables, conglomerates, and constraints. Dependents are views. Column Name Type Length Nullable Contents DEPENDENTID CHAR 36 false unique identifier for the dependent DEPENDENTFINDER org.apache.derby.catalog. DependableFinder: This class is not part of the public API. 1 false system type describing the view PROVIDERID CHAR 36 false unique identifier for the provider PROVIDERFINDER org.apache.derby.catalog. DependableFinder This class is not part of the public API. 1 false system type describing the tables, conglomerates, and constraints that are providers