Should I always go through the services when I try to follow DDD?
Or can I use a repository directly to get a domain object?
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Should I always go through the services when I try to follow DDD?
Or can I use a repository directly to get a domain object?
Personally, I don’t like seeing repositories in controllers, or in the presentation layer in general. But I’ve seen it many times and there’s nothing wrong with it in the context of DDD.
I think the answer is that it depends on how big your project is. A service layer is more often found in more complex projects. Whereas simpler MVC websites for example just use repositories directly.