IMHO there is no relation with anemic model and DTO usage, at least in
my case.

For the AOM part, i already used this technique but performance is
really hard to manage so never touch in this area :)

Thx

On Oct 10, 4:16 pm, Jason Meckley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> if you find yourself heavily using NH Projection directly to the GUI
> then the domain model is anemic. I approach the GUI to domain problem
> this way.
> Gui > Presenters > Services > Repositories & PresenterMappers
>
> You do end up with alot of dtos and mappers but each one has exactly 1
> responsibility. More files, but each file is only a handful of lines.
> In my current project I'm using an Adaptive Domain Model and passing
> my entities (via an interface) directly to the gui instead of have
> multiple mappers/dtos I have many interfaces. each with a handful of
> either get (display data) or set (change state/persist) members.
>
> On Oct 10, 8:29 am, djinni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > First of all thanks for all the answers.
>
> > Let me clarify my point and cases in various cases.
>
> > 1. For a constrained projection : Too much columns and i only want 3
> > or 4 of them then i use transformer or simple NH recognized simple
> > DTOs
> > 2. Lots of joins resulted with a unique view besides entity
> > hierarchies : I already use HQL sometimes Criteria API however most of
> > the time i need UI bound DTOs. These are pure value objects.
> > 3. AOM : In the past I had a terrible AOM experience :)
>
> > I know ORM is not a silver bullet but my solutions gets bigger and
> > bigger with DTOs.
>
> > Oguz
>
> > On Oct 10, 2:44 pm, Jason Meckley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > 2 options:
> > > 1. use an adaptive domain model approach have have interfaces specific
> > > to the GUI, only exposing the necessary properities.
> > > 2. use DTOs to  explicitly express the intent of the GUI's data. This
> > > is beneificial on a large project as each gui only has the data it
> > > needs, no more, no less.
>
> > > On Oct 10, 4:39 am, "Gustavo Ringel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > I agree.. in a simple model you can take in account eagerly loading (if 
> > > > it
> > > > is very simple even use lazy=false) and you don't have to mess with 
> > > > DTO's.
>
> > > > When the domain is complex you are showing only parts of them to the 
> > > > user
> > > > and it is a bit awkward to send the client a potentially complex 
> > > > graph...
>
> > > > You should always decide one or the other depending on the complexity of
> > > > your domain  and kind of app (win, web) and remember you can create 
> > > > always
> > > > the DTO's from NH directly (using Transformers or select new or
> > > > PositionalBean from uNHAddins) so you can end up with a fully NH 
> > > > created DTO
> > > > instead of using Conversion/Translation classes...
>
> > > > Gustavo.
>
> > > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Sidar Ok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > Depends on how complex your domain is and what you are calling as 
> > > > > DTOs .
> > > > > Are the DTO s data holding classes directly from db, or the DTO s 
> > > > > that you
> > > > > are sending over the wire ?
>
> > > > > In most cases, NHibernate's mappings are good enough to handle complex
> > > > > associations and relationships up to some extent. So there is no harm 
> > > > > to use
> > > > > them directly, and surely is not an antipattern, and the easiest bet 
> > > > > on
> > > > > getting all the goodies of an ORM.
>
> > > > > If your domain model is more complex than that, then you will need 
> > > > > seperate
> > > > > set of UI objects to bind to the screens anyway.
>
> > > > > Another option might be to generate those UI Bound objects or DTOs 
> > > > > for the
> > > > > wire from the model and domain respectively, but you need to be 
> > > > > careful as
> > > > > it may go out of hand.
>
> > > > > Hope this makes sense, if it doesn't please elaborate.
>
> > > > > Thanks.
>
> > > > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Oguz Bayram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > >> Hi,
>
> > > > >> While using NHibernate, excessive usage of DTOs bothers me so much. 
> > > > >> For
> > > > >> each different presentation view we have to create DTOs and my 
> > > > >> solution blow
> > > > >> up DTO class files. I am wondering this would be a antipattern or any
> > > > >> workaround to handle this situation?
>
> > > > >> Thx
>
> > > > >> Oguz BAYRAM / Istanbul
> > > > >> blog :http://www.oguzbayram.com
>
> > > > > --
> > > > > Sidar Ok
> > > > >http://www.sidarok.com
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