sendStateOnDelete When an instance is deleted should its state (if available) be included
in the DeletePacket? If this is false then only the OID is included.
public transient boolean
testing This is true if we are running unit tests.
This is only used for refFields. If the ref Field is not found then return a null
instead of a VersantObjectNotFoundException. This is a projectLevel setting
This is true if we are running unit tests. Some checks are relaxed
so the same model can be used for JDBC and VDS (e.g. if this is true
then collections with no element-type set are allowed).