This depends very much on what design pattern you are using for OR mapping. Martin Fowler's site [1] gives a good overview of some approaches.
What is your approach to inheritance hierarchies for instance? How does it work if the database schema already exists and tables do not map 1-1 with objects? Peter Foreman [1] www.martinfowler.com --- Shawn Wildermuth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On another note, as soon as I finishing shipping my manuscript to the > publisher, I am going to get back to work on my DBFormatter that would > allow you to serialize directly to a database. It is not as easy as I > first thought, but I think it will worked. This was my preferred > methodology, but on the other hand, Relation->Object mapping (not the > otherway around) is supported really well by DataSets (IMHO). Since you > can derive from DataSet (or Typed DataSet) using the DataSet as the > basis for your business object layer is fairly trivial. > > Thanks, > > Shawn Wildermuth > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dotnet discussion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > On Behalf Of Jim Arnold > > Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 11:31 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [DOTNET] OT: Relational to Object mapping. > > > > > > I've spent the last 9 months or so making (or attempting to > > make) a persistence tier - along the lines of a > > PersistentObject inheritance pattern, so I might have > > something to add. .Net desperately needs a proper O/R > > mapping tool or object database, and a community project > > would be a great idea. > > > > I was actually eagerly awaiting Thomas' product - it would be > > a shame if it didn't see the light of day. > > > > Jim > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Murphy, James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: 10 May 2002 16:25 > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: [DOTNET] OT: Relational to Object mapping. > > > > > > *** It might. I have an O/R mapper here ready for about > > half a year > > > > - it was supposed to become a product but will probably never. > > > We seriously > > > > think of making it open source :-) > > > > > > Perhaps when you if there is enough interest (and I'm further > > > along) we > > > could get something going here. > > > > > > Jim > > > > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe > > from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at > > http://discuss.develop.com. > > > > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or > subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Mother's Day is May 12th! http://shopping.yahoo.com You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
