Re: BusinessObject and DataTransferObject

2006-02-23 Thread Simon Chappell
On 2/23/06, Leon Rosenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/23/06, Simon Chappell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm sure someone can give you a much more Comp.Sci. answer, but here's > > my "in the trenches" answer. > > > > A business object is any object that you use to represent a business > >

Re: BusinessObject and DataTransferObject

2006-02-23 Thread Leon Rosenberg
On 2/23/06, Simon Chappell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm sure someone can give you a much more Comp.Sci. answer, but here's > my "in the trenches" answer. > > A business object is any object that you use to represent a business > concept. Classic examples would be customer, address and order. >

Re: BusinessObject and DataTransferObject

2006-02-23 Thread Simon Chappell
I'm sure someone can give you a much more Comp.Sci. answer, but here's my "in the trenches" answer. A business object is any object that you use to represent a business concept. Classic examples would be customer, address and order. A data transfer object is anything that you use to send data fro

RE: BusinessObject and DataTransferObject

2006-02-23 Thread George.Dinwiddie
A Business Object is generally a part of the Domain Model (see http://martinfowler.com/eaaCatalog/domainModel.html). A Data Transfer Object is a data "object" used to transfer information to/from a remote system (see http://martinfowler.com/eaaCatalog/dataTransferObject.html). I highly recommend M