Chapter 7. Data Access Layer
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Transaction auto-wrapping for the data access layer
- Setting up an NHibernate repository
- Using named queries in the data access layer
- Using ICriteria in the data access layer
- Using paged queries in the data access layer
- Using LINQ specifications in the data access layer
Introduction
There are two types of data access layers that are common in today's applications: Repositories and Data Access Objects (DAO). In reality, the distinction between these two has become quite blurred; however, in theory, it's as follows:
- A repository should act like an in-memory collection. Entities are added to and removed from the collection and its contents can be enumerated. Queries are typically ...
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