In using the Repository design pattern, you can hide the details of how the data is eventually stored or retrieved to and from the data store. This data store can be a database, an xml file, etc.

We examined the repository design pattern in an earlier article here. In this article, we’ll explore the unit of work design pattern with relevant code examples to illustrate the concepts covered.

All design patterns can also be found in the GitHub repository. Other interesting tidbits are the impact of signed and unsigned comparisons, mixing floating point datatypes and of course lock-free ...