user1229597
Reputation: 11
What is the difference between DataMapper and ORM?
What is the difference between the DataMapper and ORM? I thought that the DataMapper is a form of ORM, is it not? If you would provide the defenition of a DataMapper and ORM in your own words I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you all for you help and support.
Upvotes: 1
Views: 2780
Answers (1)
Andrei Schneider
Reputation: 3563
From P of EAA: Data Mapper is a layer of Mappers that moves data between objects and a database while keeping them independent of each other and the mapper itself.
ORM (Object Relational Mapping) is an possible implementation of Data Mapper. ORM is a technique/solution that provides an object-based view of data to applications which it can manipulate
Upvotes: 1
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