EntityDAC Features
Object-Relation Mapping
- Clearer business logic by dealing with objects, hiding all the database-access layer.
- Full encapsulation of the persistence mechanism. Saving, updating and loading of entities in an object-oriented way.
- Multi-object actions.
- Tool for automatic object model generation on the basis of database schema.
- Mapping of arbitrary plain old Delphi classes using attributes.
- Lazy loading of related entity/collection.
- Entity cache provides object identity and maximally improves the performance.
- Nullable types support.
- Auto-generated property values.
- Cascade save and delete operations.
- Table-per-type and Table-per-hierarchy entity inheritance.
- One-to-One, One-to-Many and Many-to-Many associations support.
- Lifetime management of entities.
- Using concepts and patterns such as Active Record, Entity, Value Object, Unit of Work, Repository and Aggregates.
- Built-in validation.
- Powerful visual designer EntityDeveloper with code generation support.
- Cross-database development - once developed, an application can connect to different databases without any code modifications.
- TEntity or any descendants from TObject can be used as a base class for mapped objects.
- Powerful design-time capabilities.
- IEnumerable-based easy-to-manipulate entity collections.
- Live-binding support for any components.
- TDataSet compatible components to manipulate data with standard and third-party data-aware controls binding support.
- Submit and rollback all changes in context are supported.
- Meta type inheritance support.
Data-access
- Using different databases without altering code.
- Database schema generation on the basis of object model.
- Most of well-known data-access component packs support out of the box.
- Ability to create custom data-access providers.
- A set of TDataSet compatible components to manipulate data.
- Ability to bind controls and get data in design-time.
LINQ language
- Based on native Delphi language but not string.
- Rich syntax (support where, join, ordering, union, aggregates, quantifiers and partitioning methods).
- Context tips (Code Insight) during editing.
- Syntax check while compiling.
- Query caching for performance.
Standard Edition Includes:
Entity Developer
- Visual ORM Model Designer
Mapping
- Code-mapped Entities
- Attribute-mapped Entities
- XML-mapped Entities
- Attribute-mapped Objects
- Mapping Customization
Metadata
- Ordinal Meta Types
- Complex Meta Types
- Meta Type Inheritance
- Generators
- One-To-Many Associations
- One-To-One Associations
- Many-To-Many Associations
Data Context
- Get Single Entity
- Get Entity List
- Save Entity
- Submit & Reject All Changes
- Direct SQL Execution
- Deferred Relation Load
LINQ
- LINQ queries in Run-Time
- LINQ Code Insight in IDE
Binding to Controls
Binding to Data-Aware Controls
Design-Time Components
- TEntityConnection
- TEntityXMLModel
- TEntityContext
Data-Aware Components
- TEntityDataSource
- TEntityDataSet
Devart Data Providers
- UniDAC Data Provider
- ODAC Data Provider
- SDAC Data Provider
- MyDAC Data Provider
- IBDAC Data Provider
- PgDAC Data Provider
- LiteDAC Data Provider
Standard Data Providers
- ADO Data Provider
- IBX Data Provider
- dbExpress Data Provider
- FireDAC Data Provider
Third-Party Data Providers
- BDE Data Provider
- DOA Data Provider
- FIbPlus Data Provider
- NexusDB Data Provider
- Zeos Data Provider
Professional Edition Includes (everything in the Standard Edition plus):
Data-Aware Components
- TEntityTable
- TEntityQuery
Binding to Data-Aware Controls
Binding to Data-Aware Controls
LINQ
- LINQ queries in Design-Time
Data Context
