What's new
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
Target platforms
Windows 32-bit and 64-bit
macOS 64-bit
Linux 64-bit
iOS 64-bit
Android 32-bit and 64-bit
Development platforms
Other
TEntityTable and TEntityQuery components for easy and fast interfacing to data-aware controls
Support for most known data-access component packs:
Devart data access components support:
Standard data access components support:
ADO
IBX
dbExpress
FireDAC
3rd-party data access components support:
BDE
DOA
FIbPlus
NexusDB
Zeos
