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In [[software engineering]], a '''Plain Old Java Object''' ('''POJO''') is an ordinary [[Java_(programming_language)|Java]] [[Object (computer science)|object]], not bound by any special restriction and not requiring any class path. The term was coined by [[Martin Fowler (software engineer)|Martin Fowler]], Rebecca Parsons and Josh MacKenzie in September 2000: <ref name="bliki" />
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"We wondered why people were so against using regular objects in their systems and concluded that it was because simple objects lacked a fancy name. So we gave them one, and it's caught on very nicely."<ref name="bliki">{{cite web |url=http://www.martinfowler.com/bliki/POJO.html |title=MF Bliki: POJO |work=MartinFowler.com }}</ref>