I'm a .NET Developer trying my hand at Java. My current project has a UI layer, Business logic layer, and a Data Access layer. I'm currently working on the DAL.
I'm not connecting to an external database yet; I had hoped to have my DAL classes utilize in-memory dataTables until the DB is in place.
In .NET it's very easy to make in-memory dataTables, select from them, add to them, and remove from them. But, in Java, I've been unable to find something that does the same thing.
I was considering replacing the 'dataTables' with a collection of strongly typed objects; but that would require adding references to Business layer inside of the DAL (and I thought that was a no-no).
Can someone help a confused developer out? If this whole approach is flawed, what would you do? If I missed the equivalent of a dataTable in Java - what is it?
Here's an article on running an in-memory Derby database.
If I knew what database and what persistence library you're using, I might be able to give a more precise answer.