One of the uses of an application subclass in a JADE system is to hold a reference to the root object, which is an important object in that it enables access to collections of other model objects. The root object reference, which is a key part of the exposure, is myBank.
BankingModelSchema is the Application subclass in the following diagram.
It is not necessary to include the initialize method as part of the exposure. However, the initialize method should be specified as the startup method in the definition of the client application that connects the .NET application to the JADE database server.