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Re: ORMs comparisons/complaints. [message #184481 is a reply to message #184463] Fri, 03 January 2014 01:59 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Arne Vajhøj is currently offline  Arne Vajhøj
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On 1/2/2014 6:36 AM, Silvio wrote:
> On 01/02/2014 04:19 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 12/30/2013 8:38 AM, Silvio wrote:
>>> On 12/30/2013 05:27 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>> On 12/23/2013 7:25 AM, Silvio wrote:
>>>> Most places they are actually able to get ORM working.
>>>>
>>>> I am not quite sure that I can follow you.
>>>>
>>>> If you want OO for the code and you want the relational database,
>>>> then you must do a mapping between the two.
>>>>
>>>> You can either hand write a lot of code or use an ORM.
>>>>
>>>> Typical using an ORM is faster because it means less code.
>>>>
>>>> You may not be able to use ORM 100%, but then use it 90% and
>>>> hand write code for the remaining 10%.
>>>
>>> ORMs are good at what they where invented for: serializing an object and
>>> resurrecting it at a later point in time.
>>
>> Storing objects in a relational database via ORM is very different
>> from serialization (for non-trivial usage).
>>
>> A serialization stores everything in a sequential stream of data.
>>
>> Storing objects in a relational database via ORM store the stuff
>> not already stored in different tables.
>>
>> Using a document store have some similarities with serialization.
>>
>
> I meant serialization in the more general sense. I am not talking about
> Object(In/Out)putStream but about saving the exact state of an instance
> to some addressable storage with the main purpose of restoring its state
> later.

That is not the way the term serialization is normally used.

But it is a common requirement for both ORM and plain JDBC.

>>> That means you have to design
>>> your system and its underlying data as a collection of objects with
>>> (encapsulated) member data. Using that approach the lifetime of an
>>> object instance must be able to extend the actual running span of the
>>> program. That requires serialization/resurrection by definition.
>>
>> No.
>>
>> It requires the ability to save and load data.
>
> No, not data but instances. My point is that these are fundamentally
> different.

Not really.

A data class as typical used by ORM's does contain data as the term
"data class" implies.

Arne
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