On 5/27/05, Joe Ferraro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can someone give me a brief overview of what the difference is between a > mapper and a DAO? They seem somewhat similar.
Both are objects used to store and retrieve data. The specifics vary depending on who (and when) you ask. My advice is to either avoid these ambigous pattern names or refer to a formal definition (such as the ones in Martin Fowler's _Patterns Enterprises Application Architecture_). Patrick -- Patrick McElhaney 704.560.9117 http://pmcelhaney.weblogs.us ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' as the subject of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by CFXHosting (www.cfxhosting.com). CFCDev is supported by New Atlanta, makers of BlueDragon http://www.newatlanta.com/products/bluedragon/index.cfm An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
