The instances of the class Security represent the individual securities issued by a corporation, government, or other entity. A variety of security types exist including common and preferred stock, convertible and non-convertible bonds, and options. A company may issue one or more securities. A security is associated with no more than one company. Data maintained for a security typically includes price, dividend, and shares or amount outstanding information.
Accounts hold specific amounts of one or more individual securities.
The document, The Company and Security Classes , describes the class Security and related classes. The classes PriceRecord and DivRecord are used to store pricing and dividend information over time. Price and dividend records are normally accessed via messages defined at Security . Data maintained in a price record includes the trading volume and the high, low, and closing prices. Data maintained in a dividend record includes the dividend amount and the payment date.