I was not aware of the paternity of Fowler's value object pattern ;-)
I do understand now why Sun's figures still reference value objects in the description of the transfer object.
Looks like I'm a too much Sun-centric reader...
Thanks anyway for the tip!


Hal Arnold wrote:
Not to be a prig, but the term "value object" has a specific meaning
> and is not the same as a data transfer object. This confusion has
> been amended in the J2EE patterns book (Alur/Malks/Crupi) in the
> second edition because of all the confusion it caused.

see: http://martinfowler.com/eaaCatalog/valueObject.html

-----Original Message-----
From: Philippe Hacquin
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 2:26 PM
To: OJB Users List
Subject: Re: Changing object properties outside the transaction ...


Hi,


using such "view objects" is a common J2EE pattern (the value object, or data transfer object). I use it extensively in Struts and OJB applications. It

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