Objects and Collections

[Guy Dillen]

Instead of using DataSets i want to implement an objects collection (in C#).
E.g. a class Person and the instances are stored in a collection of Persons.
So there is a layer that does the database access and mapping of relatoinal
<-> objects. The Persons collections should have all the necessary
possibilities: Add, Modify, Delete, Query.

Has anyone suggestions for documents, books on this topic?
Thanks,
Guy

[Greg Ewing [MVP]]

Guy, you should look in to implementing the ICollection interface. Here's
one quick link to get you started. You can find lots more on
msdn.microsoft.com and www.google.com.

http://www.parkscomputing.com/dotnet/collection.aspx

--
Greg Ewing [MVP]
http://www.citidc.com

"Guy Dillen" <gu********@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Instead of using DataSets i want to implement an objects collection (in C#). E.g. a class Person and the instances are stored in a collection of Persons. So there is a layer that does the database access and mapping of relatoinal <-> objects. The Persons collections should have all the necessary
possibilities: Add, Modify, Delete, Query.

Has anyone suggestions for documents, books on this topic?
Thanks,
Guy

[Guy Dillen]

Thanks for your information.

Guy

"Greg Ewing [MVP]" <gewing@_NO_SPAM_gewing.com> wrote in message
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Guy, you should look in to implementing the ICollection interface. Here's
one quick link to get you started. You can find lots more on
msdn.microsoft.com and www.google.com.

http://www.parkscomputing.com/dotnet/collection.aspx

--
Greg Ewing [MVP]
http://www.citidc.com

"Guy Dillen" <gu********@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Instead of using DataSets i want to implement an objects collection (in

C#).

E.g. a class Person and the instances are stored in a collection of

Persons.

So there is a layer that does the database access and mapping of

relatoinal

<-> objects. The Persons collections should have all the necessary
possibilities: Add, Modify, Delete, Query.

Has anyone suggestions for documents, books on this topic?
Thanks,
Guy

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Guy,
In addition to Greg's comments. I would recommend Rockford Lhotka's book
"Expert One-on-One Visual Basic .NET Business Objects" which presents the
CSLA.NET framework (built on .NET) based on objects & collections of
objects. http://www.lhotka.net (the book is VB.NET, however there are C#
ports available, plus read
http://www.lhotka.net/Articles.aspx?...-2e6b1d7a7f87).

I would also recommend Martin Fowler's book "Patterns of Enterprise
Application Architecture" from Addison Wesley, which provides a number of
patterns to managed objects, collections of objects and their interaction
with the database. http://www.martinfowler.com/books.html#eaa

Hope this helps
Jay

"Guy Dillen" <gu********@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Instead of using DataSets i want to implement an objects collection (in C#). E.g. a class Person and the instances are stored in a collection of Persons. So there is a layer that does the database access and mapping of relatoinal <-> objects. The Persons collections should have all the necessary
possibilities: Add, Modify, Delete, Query.

Has anyone suggestions for documents, books on this topic?
Thanks,
Guy