Describe the ADO.NET object model in detail.

ADO.net is based on an Object Model. The data from Datasource is retrieved with Data Provider. The Data providers include components such as connection, DataAdapter, DataReader, and Command. It provides data to the application, updates the database with the changes made in the application.

An application can access the data either through a data set or through a DataReader object.

ADO.net also enables to create an XML representation of a dataset. In an XML representation of a dataset, data is written in XML format.