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{{Short description|Another term for record}}

In [[computer science]] and [[object-oriented programming]], a '''passive data structure''' ('''PDS''', not to be confused with IBM's [[partitioned data set]]s; also termed a '''plain old data structure''', or '''plain old data''' ('''POD''')), is a term for a [[Record (computer science)|record]], to contrast with objects. It is a [[data structure]] that is represented only as passive collections of [[Field (computer science)|field]] values ([[instance variable]]s), without using object-oriented features.<ref name ="psd">{{cite journal |last=Black |first=Paul E. |author2=Vreda Pieterse |title=passive data structure |journal=Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures |year=2007 |url=https://xlinux.nist.gov/dads/HTML/passiveDataStruc.html |accessdate=11 September 2014}}</ref>

{{confused|Partitioned data set}}

In [[computer science]] and [[object-oriented programming]], a '''passive data structure''' ('''PDS'''), not to be confused with IBM's [[partitioned data set]]s; also termed a '''plain old data structure''', or '''plain old data''' ('''POD''')), is a term for a [[Recordrecord (computer science)|record]], toin contrast with objects. It is a [[data structure]] that is represented only as passive collections of [[Fieldfield (computer science)|field]] values ([[instance variable]]s), without using object-oriented features.<ref name ="psd">{{cite journal |last=Black |first=Paul E. |author2=Vreda Pieterse |title=passive data structure |journal=Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures |year=2007 |url=https://xlinux.nist.gov/dads/HTML/passiveDataStruc.html |accessdate=11 September 2014}}</ref>

==Rationale==

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==In C++==

A PDS type in [[C++]], or [[Plain Old C++ Object]], is defined as either a scalar type or a PDS class.<ref>{{cite book |author= Information Technology Industry Council |publisher= ISO/IEC |___location= Geneva |title= Programming languages — C++ |id= 14882:2003(E) |edition= Second |date= 2003-10-15}}</ref> A PDS class has no user-defined copy assignment operator, no user-defined destructor, and no non-static data members that are not themselves PDS. Moreover, a PDS class must be an aggregate, meaning it has no user-declared constructors, no private nor protected non-static data, no virtual base classes{{efn|A PDS class can have a base class whose first non-static data members differs.<ref>{{cite book |author= Bjarne Stroustrup |publisher= Pearson Education, Inc |___location= United States of America |title= The C++ programming language |isbn= 978-0-321-56384-2 |edition= Fourth |date= June 2013}}</ref>}} and no virtual functions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fnal.gov/docs/working-groups/fpcltf/Pkg/ISOcxx/doc/POD.html |accessdate=6 December 2016 |title=C++ Language Note: POD Types |author=Walter E. Brown |publisher=[[Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory]] |date=September 29, 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203130543/http://www.fnal.gov/docs/working-groups/fpcltf/Pkg/ISOcxx/doc/POD.html |archive-date=3 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The standard includes statements about how PDS must behave in C++. The <ttcode>type_traits</ttcode> library in the [[C++ Standard Library]] provides a functiontemplate named <ttcode>is_pod</ttcode> that can be used to determine whether a given type is a POD.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/type_traits/is_pod/ |accessdate=6 December 2016 |title=is_pod C++ Reference |publisher=cplusplus.com}}</ref> In C++20 the notion of “plain old data” (POD) and by that <code>is_pod</code> is deprecated and replaced with the concept of “trivial” and “standard-layout” types.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2017/p0767r1.html|title=P0767R1: Deprecate POD|website=www.open-std.org|access-date=2020-01-20}}</ref>

In some contexts, C++ allows only PDS types to be used. For example, a <ttcode>union</ttcode> in C++98 cannot contain a class that has [[virtual function]]s or nontrivial constructors or destructors. This restriction is imposed because the compiler cannot determine which constructor or destructor should be called for a union. PDS types can also be used for interfacing with [[C (programming language)|C]], which supports only PDS.

==In Java==

In [[Java (programming language)|Java]], some developers consider that the PDS concept corresponds to a class with public data members and no methods (Java Code Conventions 10.1),<ref name=Oracle>{{cite web|url=http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/codeconventions-137265.html#177 |accessdate=6 December 2016 |title=Java Code Conventions 10.1 |publisher=Oracle}}</ref> i.e., a [[data transfer object]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/codeconventions-137265.html#177 |title=Java Language Data Structures |accessdate=6 December 2016 |publisher=Sun/Oracle Code Conventions |date=April 20, 1999}}</ref> Others would also include [[Plain Oldold Java Objectobject]]s (POJOs), a class that has methods but only getters and setters, with no logic, and [[Java BeansJavaBeans]] to fall under the PDS concept if they do not use event handling and do not implement added methods beyond getters and setters.{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}} However, POJOs and Java Beans have [[Encapsulationencapsulation (computer programming)|encapsulation]], and so violate the fundamental definition of PDS.

Records (introduced in Java 16, in 2021) are shallowly immutable carriers of data without encapsulation, and therefore they can also be considered PDS.

==In other languages==

In [[PHP]], associatedassociative arrays and <code>stdClass</code> objects can be considered PDS.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

Other structured data representations such as [[XML]] or [[JSON]] can also be used as a PDS if no significant semantic restrictions are used.

In [[Python (programming language)|Python]], dataclass module provides dataclasses - often used as behaviourless containers for holding data, with options for data validation. The dataclasses in Python, introduced in version 3.7, that provide a convenient way to create a class and store data values. The data classes use to save our repetitive code and provide better readability.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://djtechnews.in/what-are-dataclasses-in-python/ | title=What are Dataclasses in Python? - DJTECHNEWS | date=30 August 2023 }}</ref>

In [[C (programming language)|C]], structs are used in the same manner.

==See also==

* [[Plain Oldold CLR Objectobject]]

==Notes==

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==References==

{{Reflist}}

==See also==

* [[Plain Old C++ Object]]

* [[Plain Old Java Object]]

* [[Plain Old CLR Object]]

* [[Record (computer science)]]

* [[Data Transfer Object]]

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