FAQ

General

• What is a Object Relational Mapper?
• What is a TransferObject?
• Does Transfer generate any files?
• How do I inject dependencies into a TransferObject?
• My application seems to be using a lot of memory since I started using Transfer
• What is the best way to determine if a Transfer Object is populated or is new object?

Configuration

• How do I validate my configuration file?
• What is the difference between ManyToOne and OneToMany?
• Should I use ManyToMany, or two OneToMany compositions?
• What would be a good example on having refresh-insert or refresh-update attributes set to true on properties?
• Can I use the same foreign key for a manytoone and a onetomany?

Framework Integration

• How do I get Transfer working with ColdSpring?

Errors

• I keep getting database errors with repeated field names in the select list
• I get an error "The requested object could not be found in the config file"
• I just updated Transfer, and now I'm getting the error: 'The method 'xxx' could not be found in component TransferObject.cfc.', help?
• Why do I get an error about username/password mismatch in a transaction outside of Transfer ORM? I turned transactions off?