Chapter 6. Advanced mapping concepts
This chapter covers
- The NHibernate type system
- Custom mapping types
- Collection mappings
- One-to-one and many-to-many associations
In chapter 3, we introduced the most important ORM features provided by NHibernate, including basic class and property mappings, inheritance mappings, component mappings, and one-to-many association mappings. We now extend these topics by turning to the more exotic collection and association mappings that allow you to handle trickier use cases. It’s worth noting that these more exotic mappings should only be used with careful consideration; it’s possible to implement any domain model using simpler component mappings (one-to-many associations and one-to-one associations). Throughout ...
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