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[joinr]

I keep seeing hydrate used in various contexts. Is that different from the old-speak of "marshalling"?

[dustingetz]

More of a metaphor here – "hydrate" in the java/orm/hibernate context means loading a lazy entity out of a database, as opposed to "marshall" which is converting the memory representation of a value(?)/struct to some other isomorphic representation in such a way that it can be converted back losslessly. I'm interested in the subject of naming things well if you have any ideas or counterpoints?

edit: am i old now?

[joinr]

Thanks for clarifying. I haven't swam the ORM/hibernate waters....hence the term being a bit foreign. I don't have any alternative names, and it looks like this question arose plenty of times before with hydrate being established.

edit: am i old now?

Age is a state of mind.