The data access layer that the repository abstracts can be an ORM (i.e., Entity Framework or NHibernate), XML file, a web service, etc. It can even be a collection of SQL statements.

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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.

Step 2: Collect lots of data. Next, we need to assemble the training data that will teach MailBot how to write. Ideally, we’ll put together a colossally large repository of text, ...