Data Transfer Object   

Object representation of pure data, most often used to be transferred between client and server.

Often implemented as a serializable ValueObject.

Also referred to as TransferObject in J2EE patterns resources.

Other Resources:

• Wiki:DataTransferObject
• http://www.martinfowler.com/eaaCatalog/dataTransferObject.html
• http://martinfowler.com/bliki/LocalDTO.html
• http://java.sun.com/blueprints/corej2eepatterns/Patterns/TransferObject.html