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DTO Lecture

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What is DTO ( Data Transfer Object)?

And Why to use in DTO


Java Projects?

Data Transfer Object Design Pattern is a frequently used


design pattern. It is basically used to pass data with multiple
attributes in one shot from client to server, to avoid multiple
calls to a remote server.

There are many reasons why we use DTO's and here are
some reasons based on my experience:

1. Instead of sending single entity as REST API response to


client, we can use DTO to combine and return multiple entities
or multiple attributes in one shot
From server to client.

2. In Java applications - we use entity classes to represent


tables in a relational database. Without DTOs, we'd have to
expose the entire entities to a remote interface. This causes a
strong coupling between an API and a persistence model.

3. Using DTOs on RESTful APIs written in Java (and on Spring


Boot), is that they can help to hide implementation details of
domain objects (JPA entities). Exposing entities through
endpoints can become a security issue if we do not carefully
handle what properties can be changed through what
operations.
For Example: If the entity class contains sensitive information
(ex: password, codes, photo etc) then if we return the entity
directly then the client will get this sensitive information which
causes security issues.

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