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Perl Object-Oriented Persistence
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<p>Perl Object-Oriented Persistence (POOP) is the term given to refer to <a href="/facts/Object-relational_mapping/sjIPEIfq">object-relational mapping</a> mechanisms written in the <a href="/facts/Perl/fx31kjlT">Perl</a> programming language to provide object <a href="/facts/Persistence_(computer_science)/frF0o2q2">persistence</a>. Dave Rolsky divides POOP mechanisms into two categories: </p> <ul><li>RDBMS-OO Mappers: These tools attempt to map <a href="/facts/RDBMS/pEKGmJLy">RDBMS</a> data structures (tables, columns, rows) onto Perl objects.</li> <li>OO-Persistence Tools: These tools attempt to map Perl objects into an arbitrary format, often an RDBMS.</li></ul>