Hi Markus Could you explain the contradictions a bit more for me?
thanks :) On Jan 26, 1:22 pm, Markus Zywitza <[email protected]> wrote: > You lose nothing with dropping ActiveRecordBase but convenience. > > But keep in mind: > > 1) AR classes without ARBase make good DTOs, but still bad domain classes. > 2) Generic repositories are an antipattern. A repository should > encapsulate the knowledge of an aggregate's persistence details. That > contradicts with ready-to-use-plugs for LINQ or criteria queries. > > If you need to do DDD, use AR as DTO and map it to the domain layer. > If you are doing this because DDD has a momentary hype, just don't do > it at all. The "Domain Model" is not the only enterprise pattern that > yields maintainable software. > > -Markus > > 2009/1/26 Mark Jensen <[email protected]>: > > > > > Hi > > > From what i can read on the internet people do really like this > > combination due to the placement of the persitance logic. > > > how ever, i know that Castles AR has something callsed > > ActiveRecordMediator which seems to be the solution to the problem > > above. (i also know ayendes rhino commons which also have an > > implementation of the repository pattern). > > > The questions are. > > > 1. Will i lose something if i stop inheritting from ActiveRecordBase > > and use ActiveRecordMediatior instead? (to me it seems like i will get > > a lot more functionality/control) > > > 2. Can someone me how to implement the Repository pattern with > > ActiveRecordMediator. I have found this example here > >http://www.lostechies.com/blogs/johnteague/archive/2008/05/27/using-d... > > > but to me it seems like I would have to make a Repository (and inherit > > from BaseRepository) for every Aggregate and then I need to > > instantiate the Repository it when i want to use it. > > > Is there a better way of doing this? > > > :) > > > best regards, > > Mark --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Castle Project Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/castle-project-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
