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Everything about Plain old Java object
Type of object in Java programming language
In software engineering, a plain old Java object (POJO) is an ordinary Java object, not bound by any special restriction. The term was coined by Martin Fowler, Rebecca Parsons and Josh MacKenzie in September 2000: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. Wikipedia →
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Invitation to Computer ScienceG. Michael Schneider, Judith L. Gersting · 1995
Beginning POJOsBrian Sam-Bodden · 2006
A Heritage of Open Air Square Temple Discovered In Russia · 2010
A TOUR OF THE WORLDMalik Mansab Khan, Muhammad Rafique Abdul Aziz · 2025
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