AtomsFramework v.1.20

The AtomsFramework is an Object/Relational persistence layer for Visual Studio.NET (VB,C#,etc). It manages relational database interaction transparently via an O/R XML mapping file or class based custom attributes.
Unlike some persistence layers it does not create SQL that must be included into your code, nor does it create a new dll that you must link with in order to do database transactions. Rather it generates SQL statements at run time based on object to database mappings that can be declared in an XML file or directly in your code.
The AtomsFramework manages all database interaction so that the you can focus on programming business objects in an n-tier application without having to worry about SQL syntax, database independence, transaction management, performance optimisation or the ADO and ADO.NET APIs.
The project supports various database servers with current support for Jet (MS Access), Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL databases. Support for PostgreSQL, Paradox, DB2, Oracle and Informix and more has not been added yet, however this is fairly trivial and can be provided if desired.

This release commences the first of the 1.xx versions of the framework and features a few bug fixes and some significant internal reworkings to improve handling of inheritance and to increase performance.