Casper Bang wrote:
> I agree with Kirk, one should always aim at having as few arguments as
> possible for a variety of reasons and if you think in abstractions/
> contexts it should be possible. It's fine to make up and pass DTO's
> (synthetic objects)
I guess I should explain my position at bit more. I'm not really a fan 
of synthetic objects. If the object doesn't have natural behavior, then 
one has to question purpose. For sure there are objects that act more 
like data holders than thing that have a lot of behavior. However they 
should serve a design purpose in that they should add semantic meaning 
to the model. DTOs do not fit that definition. About the only thing I 
can think of would be defining trim points for the exportation of large 
object graphs. Even then, value objects would seem like a better solution.
>
> There's no one size
> fits all solution
>   
+1

Kirk


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