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Active record pattern

In software engineering, the active record pattern is an architectural pattern. It is found in software that stores in-memory object data in relational databases. It was named by Martin Fowler in his 2003 book Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture. The interface of an object conforming to this pattern would include functions such as Insert…

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Active record pattern

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Edges26
Triples16
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.074074
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related to Single responsibility principle and separation of concerns · 6
Active record pattern → Another, Because, CRUD, ORMs, This, Typically
related to Implementations · 4
Active record pattern → Active Record, For, Implementations, SQL
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Active record pattern → architectural pattern, Data Access Layer that performs bidirectional transfer of data between a persistent data store

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object pattern database table active record data relational row class software single view application access used in-memory properties instance example

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Active record patternis aarchitectural pattern0.90text
Active record patternis aData Access Layer that performs bidirectional transfer of data between a persistent data store0.90text
Insertinstance ofThe interface of an object conforming to this pattern would include functions0.80text
Updateinstance ofThe interface of an object conforming to this pattern would include functions0.80text
and Deleteinstance ofThe interface of an object conforming to this pattern would include functions0.80text
plus properties that correspond more or less directly to the columns in the underlying database table.The Active Record pattern is a Data Access Layer that performs bidirectional transfer of data between a persistent data storeinstance ofThe interface of an object conforming to this pattern would include functions0.80text
Active record patternrelated to ImplementationsImplementations0.60section
Active record patternrelated to ImplementationsFor0.60section
Active record patternrelated to ImplementationsActive Record0.60section
Active record patternrelated to ImplementationsSQL0.60section
Active record patternrelated to Single responsibility principle and separation of concernsAnother0.60section
Active record patternrelated to Single responsibility principle and separation of concernsThis0.60section

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