Plain old Java object: Difference between revisions

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Removed the part that says "and not requiring any class path" because it does not make any sense. There is nothing about POJOs that has anything to do with class paths.
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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>