From: George Moschovitis <george.moschovitis@...>
Date: 2005-10-29T02:37:03+09:00
Subject: Re: The "perfect" ORM?

> I dislike putting the metadata for my objects into the objects
> themselves.

The metadata is stored in the object class not the actual instances.

> As someone pointed out, if I "reopen" the class, it is a little
> better.

Og 0.24.0 allows reopening.

> In addition, my memory of Og is that it encourages thinking in
> database terms (like "has_many") -- true or not?

I dont think that has many is a database term, it just decribes object
relations amd allows Og to automagiaclly generate some useful methods.
This is an abstraction.

> 1. To think in object (and persistence) terms, not database terms.

I think, using Og you almost forget that you are using a database. In
fact you dont need an RDBMS store.

> 2. To specify the minimum information necessary in order to marshal
>    each of my types.

Og supports this.

> 3. To store the metadata separately from my classes/objects so as to
>    minimize impact on them. (But probably not in a separate file.)

You can do this in the latest version.


Og is constantly evolving stay tunned for even better abstractions.
Even better you can help us with suggestions and/or patches. Join the
mailing list ;-)

regards,
George.


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