Implementation for Deleting Entities from an Aggregate

"[email protected] [domaindrivendesign]" <[email protected]> 02 Sep 2016 06:54:53 -0700
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<p><span>Greetings,</span></p><p><span><br></span></p><p><span>I have modeled a simple Social Network, but I am running into a bit of an implementation conundrum, when it comes to figuring out the best way to delete a specific Entity from within an Aggregate. &nbsp;I was hoping that I might be able to find some guidance.</span></p><p><span><br></span></p><p><span>Since my model is a fairly obvious one, I can jump right into my issue. &nbsp;What I have is a Post Aggregate that can contain multiple Comment Entities. &nbsp;A well-trafficked Post can contain hundred, or even thousands, of Comments. &nbsp;Part of the business requirements is that a User can remove his/her Comment from a Post. &nbsp;The scenario also holds true for edits to a Comment, so I imagine that I am facing the same issue
  with each. &nbsp;What that issue is, would be what is the best implementation route for removing a single Comment on a Post, considering the potentially large number of Comments that can exist?</span></p><p><span><br></span></p><p><span>The potential solution that I see would be:</span></p><p><ul><li>A RemoveComment command is used by an Application Service, containing the identifier of the Post that Comment belongs to, as well as the identifier of the Comment, itself.</li><li>The Command Handler will invoke the RemoveComment() method on the Post Entity.</li><li>The RemoveComment() method will raise a CommentRemoved Event.</li><li>The Event Handler will invoke a Domain Service to handle the CRUD-y operation.</li></ul><div>On the surface, at least, I feel that this makes sense. &nbsp;My 
 issue with it, though, is that I would need to load the Post to invoke the RemoveComment() method, which means that I incur a load operation before I can remove. &nbsp;If I have hundreds, or thousands, of Comments on a Post, it seems excessive to want to load them all to just delete one. &nbsp;I suppose that I can have the Aggregate Root not load Comments as part of the initial Get() operation, and expose a LoadComments() method on the Aggregate Root. &nbsp;I will likely need to do something like that, anyhow, because I would not want to be incurring the performance penalty for loading and transferring every Comment when someone first views a Post.</div><div><br></div><div>If I could get some feedback as to if this is a sane approach, it would be most appreciated.</div><div><br></div><di
 v>Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div>Joseph</div>



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