Topic 1-250-300 words with references (APA)
Impedance mismatch occurs when the structure of data in one data store does not fit the data model used by an application.
When impedance mismatch occurs, developers can spend time developing a mapping layer that converts data between the data model used by the application and the data store.
Hibernate ORM is a product that facilitates the bridging of the technical differences between object and relational technologies.
Review the PO application implemented as an object-relational database from an object model located on Oracle's website in A Sample Application using Object-Relational Features.
Explain the role of Object/Relational Mapping in bridging the technical differences in the PO application implementation - include limitations in dealing with inheritance, composition, aggregation, or generalization-specialization.
Topic 2 - 250-300 words with references (APA)
Select and describe a simple application (other than a PO application discussed in A Sample Application using Object-Relational Features) in two different ways -- one designed as a relational database model and the second designed as an object model.