Re: DDD Implementation: Marker interfaces for all classes

"Paul Rayner [email protected] [domaindrivendesign]" <[email protected]> Sat, 13 Aug 2016 17:18:25 -0600
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> To put this in perspective: People in this project are coming from a 4GL
> background using a tool with very limited set of concepts/capabilities. T=
he
> new development platform is JEE. Now they are concerned that there will b=
e
> chaotic code structures and want to limit this by only allowing a defined
> set of building blocks and no classes that do not conform to these buildi=
ng
> blocks.
>

I see this approach as being very problematic. The DDD building block
patterns are *not* intended to be a complete list of object types for
domain modeling. They are a set of useful domain modeling patterns that can
help get your domain complexity under control by simplifying your domain
model.

There are other - better - ways to avoid chaotic code structures.


> 2016-08-13 18:36 GMT+02:00 Paul Rayner [email protected]
> [domaindrivendesign] <[email protected]>:
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 12:28 AM, Niklas Mehner [email protected]
>> [domaindrivendesign] <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>> We are currently in a somewhat heated discussions about the design for =
a
>>> new software.
>>>
>>> One of the discussion points is the use of marker interfaces.
>>>
>>> I am perfectly fine with using marker interfaces like:
>>>
>>> SomeService implements DomainService {
>>>    ...
>>> }
>>>
>>> to make the architecture visible in the code and implement some
>>> verification of code properties.
>>>
>>> But now some people want to add the requirement to have assign each
>>> class to a building block (Entity/Value Object/Service/...).
>>> Has anybody ever successfully done this? Is this even possible without
>>> some "GenericImplementationObject" building block?
>>>
>>
>> Are you saying you want to have each class named according to its
>> building block pattern name, or something like that? I can't think of an=
y
>> good reason to do this. The building block patterns are *not* the
>> important concepts in your domain model, the ubiquitous language is. Foc=
us
>> *first* on the language of your domain model. The implementation
>> patterns used to represent the concepts are secondary concerns.
>>
>>
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limited set of concepts/capabilities. The new development platform is JEE. =
Now they are concerned that there will be chaotic code structures and want =
to limit this by only allowing a defined set of building blocks and no clas=
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