Hi Dan, Have a look at the following article. http://javaoneonline.mentorware.net/servlet/mware.servlets.StudentServlet?mt=1055755038320&mwaction=generic&subsysid=2000&file=dan_malks
IMHO , the Transfer Objects "live" and "operate" in Business tier and View Helper objects in Presentation Tier. My understanding is that they both are value objects, unless someone can elaborate on any differences between the two(which would be great !). and I stick to using pattern names from the ones listed in Design Patterns and Core J2EE patterns catalogue . :-) ~rahul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 6:29 AM Subject: Re: DTO vs. JVT > > Hookom, Jacob ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > I read the article also and it seemed like old news.... DTO, BO, JVT, POJO, > > etc they are all the same to me :) > > It sure would be nice if someone could pick one name and stick with > it. It definitely seemed like old news, which is why I just had to > ask because it sure didn't sound like anything new. What it did > reiterate though is that the term Value Object should be dropped > when speaking of the state of a persisted entity. It seems like > there is a consensus that those are quite different from DTOs. > > Dan > > -- > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Daniel Allen, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://www.mojavelinux.com/ > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > ...but once you've traveled this far off the track > You won't settle for less and there's no going back > --Patrick O'Leary "Far Off the Track" > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

