Java Data Objects and Russian Folklore

In this post I’ll try to explain in English few concepts that came from some Russian fairytales.

I just was sitting in the office and reading a book on JDO while somewhere in my head a thought bubbled that it would be great to have 4 things to have no problems:

• скатерть самобранка
• ковер самолет
• сапоги скороходы
• шапка невидимка

To start with all these 4 things are a bit magic, they possess certain supernatural qualities.

Скатерть самобранка can be translated like a magic tablecloth. It serves you a food whenever you tell it so.

Ковер самолет is a magic carpet that can fly. Just a transportation vehicle ))

Сапоги скороходы this is what is called seven-league boots. Just one more transportation mean.

Шапка невидимка is a magic hat. When it’s on your head you are invisible.

It is interesting to me which of these things have some analogues in the western fairytales. In slavic folklore there are much much more magic, seems like people always liked to dream about getting things without labor just by magic

Now you may wonder why I titled this post “Java Data Objects and Russian Folklore”… In the JDO book there is a section called “Transparency”. I think that is why my brain decided to rest a bit and went to some “шапка невидимка” things. Sometimes seemingly unrelated things can be related. Learn from it ))