Implementing Domain-Driven Design

Chapter 6: Value Objects

Early on the project team missed out on important modeling opportunities with Value Objects. They focused too intensely on the individual attributes of Entities when they should have been giving careful consideration to how multiple related attributes are properly gathered as an immutable whole. This chapter looks at Value Object design from several angles, discussing how to identify the special characteristics in the model as a means to determine when to use a Value rather than an Entity. Other important topics are covered, such as the role of Values in integration and modeling Standard Types. The chapter then shows how to design domain-centric tests, how to implement Value types, and how to avoid the bad influence persistence ...