Questions tagged [onion-architecture]
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Define input and output interfaces for each application layer
I want to create a multi-layered backend architecture with a REST layer and GraphQL layer later on.
So let's say you would start with the basic layers controller, service, repository would it make ...
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Where to convert primitive types in meaningful types in Clean Architecture / Onion Architecture
The book "Implementing Domain Driven Design" (page 361) suggests to use special types to distinguish several kinds of IDs, e. g. using BookId(1) instead of just 1 of type Int or Long. In my Clean ...
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Error handling in Nest service layer
I would like to create a REST API with NestJs. But I want to add GraphQL as another top level layer later on. So for the start I have the basic layers controller, service and TypeORM repository. Let's ...
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Avoiding Repository pattern - implementing Onion Architecture with DbContext only
I am trying to follow the Onion Architecture to design my application where I have the following layers -
Domain Layer: is the inner-most layer and defines repository interfaces
Infrastructure ...
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Instantiating adapters in onion architecture
GitHub and NuGet
Do you use connection strings to instantiate your adapter services or just always configure it through IoC? I think that connection strings could provide a way more flexibility, ...
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Onion Architecture: Should Service Layer contain DB Context?
In Onion Architecture, we have repository layer which conducts Crud Operations (simple insert, delete, update). (Applying Entity Framework with database)
Onion Architecture
Additionally , we have ...
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FP Free Monad vs OOP Dependency Injection
I've written my first moderately large project in functional style (in F#) and can see the advantages. The main challenge was to achieve the "Onion" architecture i.e. large and "smart" pure core / ...
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Data entities in Onion Architecture
I'm trying to build a project using onion architecture (just a "Northwind"ish type app to get more up to speed with .NET Core). I also want to get a better grasp on Onion Architecture principals. I ...
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What are application and domain services in onion architecture?
Onion architecture has a core which is composed by domain model, domain services and application services:
I'm in doubt about those two service layers, domain services and application services.
I've ...
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C# .Net Core API design - interfaces vs DTOs
I'm designing a relatively simple web application using .net core. I've mostly done desktop development in my career so far, so I'm a bit new to the nuances between desktop and web development.
In ...
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Domain Use Case
In my understanding of Uncle's Bob Clean Architecture, a Use Case (Interactor) is responsible for orchestrating the Entities. At the same time, it represents Application-specific rules. The business ...
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Onion Architecture - Multiple Apps
Onion Architecture talks about separating the UI, Service, and Data Layers. All the samples usually given for this involve a single deployment model of the application. For example in .net most of the ...
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Am I breaking some Onion Architecture rule?
Based on the project structure below i will have some questions
Domain Layer
1) MyApp.Domain.Entities (DLL)
Product.cs
PagedResult.cs
Referentes
No References
2) MyApp.Domain.Interfaces (DLL)
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Use case interactions in clean architecture
I'm experimenting with Clean Architecture for my turn-based strategy game project. I have use cases that form hierarchies and need to be coordinated with each other. I would like some advice on how to ...
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Onion architecture applied to an .NET application
I am trying to figure out how to translate the onion architecture into an ASP.NET Core WebAPI solution, this is what I ended up with:
Let's say I have an application that takes a file path / uri into ...
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Structural problem related to Dependecy Injection and Asynchronous Operations
I'm implementing the onion architecture with webapi, service layer, repository, unit of work and the domain classes.
I use also DI, using simple injector.
But my issue, is how can I implement a ...
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Onion Architecture, Project Architecting and Authentication
I am learning ASP.NET MVC & Web API and trying to implement Onion Architecture with Repository Pattern for one of my Test projects as part of my learning.
I have developed single MVC Projects ...
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Reusing business logic layer in multiple applications
I have seen some people asking about sharing business logic with more than one application, and answers generally discuss putting it in a class library. I'm fine with that, but usually the examples ...
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Clarification on the Onion architecture's Domain Service and Application Service
I am studying Onion Architeture but i got some doubts:
All the samples (github) I found over internet are too simple, or are implemented under DDD (which I have not studied at the moment) so I can ...
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What data should a repository return
I have a simple project where the controller calls the service, and the service calls the repository in order to get the needed data.
Assuming that we have these domain models:
// this model has a ...
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Application service - part of Bounded Context?
I am having a hard time understanding where the Application Services fit in with DDD and Onion architecture. Up until a few days ago I thought of them as part of domain model, but I began to question ...
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Onion architecture: layer placement of business logic
Where should the business logic for a project that utilizes Onion Architecture be placed?
In my case, it's a C#-based project, utilizing Web API and possibly a MVC UI for the presentation. But ...
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Can one app have several “subdomains” in DDD?
General Context
I started reading about layer based architectures like DDD, Onion, Clean Architecture etc. I am considering switching, but am currently unclear about how strict the "first level ...
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Should I pass presenter to use case when implement clean archeiture using scala
This question came to me when I was trying implement Clean Architecture using Scala, and come across this post.
In the accepted answer, @candiedorange emphasis on the separation of responsibility, ...
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Is there really such a thing as the onion architecture?
Note: BLL = Business Logic Layer (can also mean your domain)
I'm trying to understand the onion architecture. It seems to me that it's actually the same thing as the layered architecture, only with ...
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Does a framework like the Spring Framework fall under the Data Centric Architecture?
With all the talk of Microservices with Domain Driven Design, I have been looking at two architectures, the Database-Centric Architecture and the Domain-Centric Architecture (Not to be confused with ...
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How to realize “Tell, don't ask” in an Onion-Architecture for data analysis
I am currently thinking about how I would implement a software I did write some years ago with a Clean-/Hexagonal-/Onion-Architecture. This shall not be a "Grand Redesign from Heaven", since I'm not ...
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Putting UnitofWork handler in the Request Model for DDD with Clean architecture?
I'm rearchitecting a system in Python, using SQLAlchemy for the data mapping layer, and the Zope Component Architecture for dependency injection and interface declaration. I am in the process of ...
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Where should I place configuration classes in Onion Architecture
We are redesigning one of our API projects from an n-layered architecture into onion architecture. In the previous design, we had configuration classes in a common library project being referenced ...
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How to structure an Onion project
Here is an example implementation using Onion architecture: https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1028481/Understanding-Onion-Architecture
The webpage suggests a solution structure of:
Domain - ...
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Domain Interface references NHibernate?
Please see the question here, which I asked yesterday: Domain Driven Design in an Onion Architecture
As stated I understand that DDD is an approach that targets the domain layer only and Onion is an ...
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Domain Driven Design in an Onion Architecture
I recently asked this question: Should the domain layer be dependent on NHibernate?
I have read a lot of questions today, where answerers state that the Domain Layer should only contain Business ...
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Should Active Directory access respect my software architecture?
I have a solution with an onion architecture using an asp.net MVC project. I also access Active Directory, and was wondering if one needs to loosely couple Active Directory access? Say I have :
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Clean Architecture: Use case containing the presenter or returning data?
The Clean Architecture suggests to let a use case interactor call the actual implementation of the presenter (which is injected, following the DIP) to handle the response/display. However, I see ...
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How to structure a Domain Driven Design in an Onion Architecture?
I am studying Domain Driven Design and was introduced to the concept of Onion Architecture, which uses the terms of Core, Domain, API, and Infrastructure.
I am from Java background and am familiar ...
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What should I consider when moving a project using Entity Framework 6 from SQL Server to MySQL or PostgreSQL? [closed]
First, I need to confess this question come mostly from the still expensive licensing model used by Microsoft for SQL Server Standard. Also because Web edition is now only available through Web ...
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Architecture: How to pass models between controllers, services and repositories
I'm trying to build an architecture where I have a Domain project with all my domain models, an Infrastructure project with my Services and Infrastructure.Entity with my Repositories and entities.
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Onion architecture vs 3 layered architecture
I see only benefits to the onion architecture over the 3 layered architecture where the BL had responsibility to call methods on DAL (or an interface of DAL) to do CRUD. The onion has better ...
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Onion architecture design question
I recently started working on a new project where the team was considering use onion architecture, which I was not very familiar with, so I started reading about it.
The application is a simple 3D ...
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Where should you validate the state of “other” aggregates?
Scenario:
A customer places an order, then, after receiving the
product, provides feedback on the order process.
Assume the following aggregate roots:
Customer
Order
Feedback
Here are the business ...
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why exposing service instead of repository in onion architecture
I'm digging on how to structure projects and so I stumble into Onion Architecture. As to how I understand it, its more on a domain-centered-focus architecture instead of a database-driven type.
I'm ...
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Onion architecture and independence
Trying to understand onion architecture. As I understand it, there is different opinions about the names of the layers.
In this post I refer to the layers as: infrastructure -> api -> domain -&...
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How to best encapsulate features in software design?
I like domain driven design, and onion design. However I would really like my features to be encapsulated. If i check out some legacy code and I need to investigate some specific feature the best ...
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Lookup Tables: Are they a leak in the domain model?
You are building a system that keeps track of Companies. Those companies have Contacts. Those contacts are often specialists that only answer certain types of questions, such as Billing/Payment, Sales,...
