NestJS · Junior · Question 20 of 75

What is a DTO in Nest?

✓Correct answer: A Data Transfer Object: a class describing the shape of incoming or outgoing data, often with validation decorators
2A type of middleware
3A database table

Explanation

Classes are used rather than interfaces because they exist at runtime, so pipes can validate and transform them.

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