Product
Class Diagrams
The Product Domain Machc Library provides the foundational entities and interactors to handle product-related functionality in the e-commerce business domain. This library is designed to power scalable, maintainable, and modular solutions for managing product data, enabling developers to implement robust e-commerce applications.
Key Components
Entities
Entities in the Product Domain represent the core data and business rules for products, ensuring consistency and scalability. These entities include:
- ProductId
- Uniquely identifies a product using UUID or string-based keys.
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Ensures consistent reference and modular integration across systems.
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AbstractProduct
- Represents a generic product with attributes such as
name
,description
,brand
,image
, and associatedcategories
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Supports variants and offers flexibility for different product classifications.
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DynamicProduct
- Extends
AbstractProduct
by allowing runtime-customizable attributes using dynamic key-value pairs. -
Useful for scenarios where products require attributes that are not part of the core data model.
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VariantId
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Uniquely identifies variants of a product, enabling modular management of product variations (e.g., size, color).
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AbstractVariant
- Represents product variants with attributes like
sku
,description
, andimageURL
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Ensures variants are tied back to their parent product.
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DynamicVariant
- Extends
AbstractVariant
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Provides flexibility for unique or customizable product variants.
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CategoryId
- Represents product categories, ensuring that products are organized and categorized accurately.
Interactors
Interactors in the Product Domain library implement the use cases for managing product-related business requirements. These ensure that rules and workflows related to catalog management, dynamic data, and integrations are handled effectively.
- ProductCatalogInteractor
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Manages product catalog operations, such as listing products, filtering by categories, and searching based on attributes.
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ProductVariantInteractor
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Handles workflows for managing and associating product variants with their parent products.
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DynamicProductInteractor
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Provides flexibility to work with dynamic attributes for products and variants:
- Adding or removing attributes.
- Validating dynamic properties.
- Mapping dynamic attributes into external systems.
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CategoryInteractor
- Manages product categories, enabling workflows such as adding a product to a category or retrieving products by category.
Clean Architecture Alignment
The Product Domain Machc Library is built using Clean Architecture principles to ensure: - Separation of Concerns: Entities capture high-level business rules, while interactors encapsulate use case-specific logic. - Reusability: Modular components can be reused across multiple applications or systems. - Scalability: Accommodates the growth of product catalogs, categories, and variants with minimal coupling. - Maintainability: Components are independently testable, ensuring long-term maintainability.
Use Cases
The Product Domain Library supports a wide range of product-related e-commerce use cases: - Managing product catalogs with scalability and flexibility. - Associating products with dynamic categories and attributes. - Allowing runtime customization for products and variants using dynamic key-value attributes. - Validating and filtering products for search engines or external marketplace integrations.
By using the Product Domain Machc Library, developers can confidently build and extend product-related functionalities for their e-commerce systems while maintaining modularity, flexibility, and Clean Architecture principles.