Category Archives: ORM

Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4   Classically an ORM persists an object model to a relational model. Typically just use it to retrieve or persist the state of the objects in our model, not provide integration … Continue reading →

Last time around Last time we looked at how we map inheritance in NHibernate. This time I want to look at value types. Mapping Value types NHibernate supports a ‘fine-grained object model’. That is to say it allows us to … Continue reading →

Having just got back from Alt.Net Seattle 2009, I wanted to post a few reflections. Mostly this is just a dump of things that grabbed my attention – its not meant to be any kind of documentation of the convesations … Continue reading →

    Last time we looked at mapping an entity. This time we will look at mapping the entity’s relationships. Mapping Relationships  The collection types that NHibernate understands are: <set>, <list>, <map>, <bag>, <array> and <primitive-array>   <set> is the … Continue reading →

  Last time we introduced setting up the configuration file. This time we will look at the basics of mapping. Mapping Entities How you map your entities depends upon your preferred approach. Attributes or mapping files You can use either … Continue reading →

To go alongside my set of posts on LINQ To SQL I wanted to post an Introduction to NHibernate. These posts are not intended as any kind of masterclass, so experienced NHibernate hands might want to skip them. They are … Continue reading →