Chapter 1. Introduction

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This document describes the main features of DODS (Data Object Design Studio).

In the first part is described caching in DODS: the types of caching, the caching levels and a lot of features that involve caching.

In the second part are described transactions in DODS: new parameters of configuration and doml files and basics of transactions like the use of DO and Query objects, save and delete operations in transactions, insert, update and delete operations on the database, caching in transactions, the transaction DO cache and write and commit methods of transactions.

Conventions used in this book

The use of parameters with [ ] brackets indicates their optional use (in syntax lines).

For example: [a] means you can choose a or nothing.