org.jmolecules.event.annotation

Annotation Type DomainEvent

@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Target(value=TYPE)
 @Documented
public @interface DomainEvent

A domain event is a full-fledged part of the domain model, a representation of something that happened in the domain. It allows making the events that the domain experts want to track or be notified of explicit, or which are associated with state change in the other model objects.

Author:

Christian Stettler, Henning Schwentner, Stephan Pirnbaum, Martin Schimak, Oliver Drotbohm

See Also:

Domain-Driven Design Reference (Evans) - Domain Events

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
String	name An identifier for the name of the event used to abstract away from the type system and to guard against refactorings.
String	namespace An identifier for the namespace of the event to group multiple events and let clients express their interest in all events of a specific namespace.

Element Detail

namespace

public abstract String namespace

An identifier for the namespace of the event to group multiple events and let clients express their interest in all events of a specific namespace. If not set, external tooling may default this to the fully-qualified package name of the annotated type.

Since:

1.1

Default:

""

name

public abstract String name

An identifier for the name of the event used to abstract away from the type system and to guard against refactorings. If not set, external tooling may default this to the simple class name of the annotated type.

Since:

1.1

Default:

""