Perl Object-Oriented Persistence Explained

Perl Object-Oriented Persistence (POOP) is the term given to refer to object-relational mapping mechanisms written in the Perl programming language to provide object persistence. Dave Rolsky divides POOP mechanisms into two categories:

• RDBMS-OO Mappers: These tools attempt to map RDBMS data structures (tables, columns, rows) onto Perl objects.
• OO-Persistence Tools: These tools attempt to map Perl objects into an arbitrary format, often an RDBMS.

External links

• Perl Object-Oriented Persistence Web Site
• SLOOPS - Simple, Light OO Persistence System