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Domain Driven Design Toolkit for Laravel
Laravel-DDD is a toolkit to support domain driven design (DDD) in Laravel applications. One of the pain points when adopting DDD is the inability to use Laravel's native make
commands to generate objects outside the App\*
namespace. This package aims to fill the gaps by providing equivalent commands such as ddd:model
, ddd:dto
, ddd:view-model
and many more.
Installation
You can install the package via composer:
composer require lunarstorm/laravel-ddd
You may initialize the package using the ddd:install
artisan command. This will publish the config file, register the domain path in your project's composer.json psr-4 autoload configuration on your behalf, and allow you to publish generator stubs for customization if needed.
php artisan ddd:install
Configuration
For first-time installations, a config wizard is available to populate the ddd.php
config file interactively:
php artisan ddd:config wizard
For existing installations with a config file published from a previous version, you may use the ddd:config update
command to rebuild and merge it with the latest package copy:
php artisan ddd:config update
See Configuration Utility for details about other available options.
Peer Dependencies
The following additional packages are suggested (but not required) while working with this package.
- Data Transfer Objects: spatie/laravel-data
- Actions: lorisleiva/laravel-actions
The default DTO and Action stubs of this package reference classes from these packages. If this doesn't apply to your application, you may publish and customize the stubs accordingly.
Deployment
In production, run ddd:optimize
during the deployment process to optimize autoloading.
php artisan ddd:optimize
Since Laravel 11.27.1, php artisan optimize
automatically invokes ddd:optimize
. If you already run optimize
in production, a separate ddd:optimize
is no longer necessary. In previous versions of this package, this command was named ddd:cache
, which will continue to work as an alias.
Version Compatibility
Laravel | LaravelDDD | |
---|---|---|
9.x - 10.24.x | 0.x | 0.x README |
10.25.x | 1.x | |
11.x | 1.x |
See UPGRADING for more details about upgrading across different versions.
<a name="usage"></a>
Usage
Syntax
All domain generator commands use the following syntax:
# Specifying the domain as an option
php artisan ddd:{object} {name} --domain={domain}
# Specifying the domain as part of the name (short-hand syntax)
php artisan ddd:{object} {domain}:{name}
# Not specifying the domain at all, which will then
# prompt for it (with auto-completion)
php artisan ddd:{object} {name}
Available Commands
Generators
The following generators are currently available:
Command | Description | Usage |
---|---|---|
ddd:model | Generate a domain model | php artisan ddd:model Invoicing:Invoice <br> <br> Options:<br> --migration|-m <br> --factory|-f <br> --seed|-s <br> --controller --resource --requests|-crR <br> --policy <br> -mfsc <br> --all|-a <br> --pivot|-p <br> |
ddd:factory | Generate a domain factory | php artisan ddd:factory Invoicing:InvoiceFactory |
ddd:dto | Generate a data transfer object | php artisan ddd:dto Invoicing:LineItemPayload |
ddd:value | Generate a value object | php artisan ddd:value Shared:DollarAmount |
ddd:view-model | Generate a view model | php artisan ddd:view-model Invoicing:ShowInvoiceViewModel |
ddd:action | Generate an action | php artisan ddd:action Invoicing:SendInvoiceToCustomer |
ddd:cast | Generate a cast | php artisan ddd:cast Invoicing:MoneyCast |
ddd:channel | Generate a channel | php artisan ddd:channel Invoicing:InvoiceChannel |
ddd:command | Generate a command | php artisan ddd:command Invoicing:InvoiceDeliver |
ddd:controller | Generate a controller | php artisan ddd:controller Invoicing:InvoiceController <br> <br> Options: inherits options from make:controller |
ddd:event | Generate an event | php artisan ddd:event Invoicing:PaymentWasReceived |
ddd:exception | Generate an exception | php artisan ddd:exception Invoicing:InvoiceNotFoundException |
ddd:job | Generate a job | php artisan ddd:job Invoicing:GenerateInvoicePdf |
ddd:listener | Generate a listener | php artisan ddd:listener Invoicing:HandlePaymentReceived |
ddd:mail | Generate a mail | php artisan ddd:mail Invoicing:OverduePaymentReminderEmail |
ddd:middleware | Generate a middleware | php artisan ddd:middleware Invoicing:VerifiedCustomerMiddleware |
ddd:migration | Generate a migration | php artisan ddd:migration Invoicing:CreateInvoicesTable |
ddd:notification | Generate a notification | php artisan ddd:notification Invoicing:YourPaymentWasReceived |
ddd:observer | Generate an observer | php artisan ddd:observer Invoicing:InvoiceObserver |
ddd:policy | Generate a policy | php artisan ddd:policy Invoicing:InvoicePolicy |
ddd:provider | Generate a provider | php artisan ddd:provider Invoicing:InvoiceServiceProvider |
ddd:resource | Generate a resource | php artisan ddd:resource Invoicing:InvoiceResource |
ddd:rule | Generate a rule | php artisan ddd:rule Invoicing:ValidPaymentMethod |
ddd:request | Generate a form request | php artisan ddd:request Invoicing:StoreInvoiceRequest |
ddd:scope | Generate a scope | php artisan ddd:scope Invoicing:ArchivedInvoicesScope |
ddd:seeder | Generate a seeder | php artisan ddd:seeder Invoicing:InvoiceSeeder |
ddd:class | Generate a class (Laravel 11+) | php artisan ddd:class Invoicing:Support/InvoiceBuilder |
ddd:enum | Generate an enum (Laravel 11+) | php artisan ddd:enum Customer:CustomerType |
ddd:interface | Generate an interface (Laravel 11+) | php artisan ddd:interface Customer:Contracts/Invoiceable |
ddd:trait | Generate a trait (Laravel 11+) | php artisan ddd:trait Customer:Concerns/HasInvoices |
Generated objects will be placed in the appropriate domain namespace as specified by ddd.namespaces.*
in the config file.
<a name="config-utility"></a>
Config Utility (Since 1.2)
A configuration utility was introduced in 1.2 to help manage the package's configuration over time.
php artisan ddd:config
Output:
┌ Laravel-DDD Config Utility ──────────────────────────────────┐
│ › ● Run the configuration wizard │
│ ○ Rebuild and merge ddd.php with latest package copy │
│ ○ Detect domain namespace from composer.json │
│ ○ Sync composer.json from ddd.php │
│ ○ Exit │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
These config tasks are also invokeable directly using arguments:
# Run the configuration wizard
php artisan ddd:config wizard
# Rebuild and merge ddd.php with latest package copy
php artisan ddd:config update
# Detect domain namespace from composer.json
php artisan ddd:config detect
# Sync composer.json from ddd.php
php artisan ddd:config composer
Other Commands
# Show a summary of current domains in the domain folder
php artisan ddd:list
# Cache domain manifests (used for autoloading)
php artisan ddd:optimize
# Clear the domain cache
php artisan ddd:clear
Advanced Usage
Application Layer (since 1.2)
Some objects interact with the domain layer, but are not part of the domain layer themselves. By default, these include: controller
, request
, middleware
. You may customize the path, namespace, and which ddd:*
objects belong in the application layer.
// In config/ddd.php
'application_path' => 'app/Modules',
'application_namespace' => 'App\Modules',
'application_objects' => [
'controller',
'request',
'middleware',
],
The configuration above will result in the following:
ddd:model Invoicing:Invoice --controller --resource --requests
Output:
├─ app
| └─ Modules
│ └─ Invoicing
│ ├─ Controllers
│ │ └─ InvoiceController.php
│ └─ Requests
│ ├─ StoreInvoiceRequest.php
│ └─ UpdateInvoiceRequest.php
├─ src/Domain
└─ Invoicing
└─ Models
└─ Invoice.php
Custom Layers (since 1.2)
Often times, additional top-level namespaces are needed to hold shared components, helpers, and things that are not domain-specific. A common example is the Infrastructure
layer. You may configure these additional layers in the ddd.layers
array.
// In config/ddd.php
'layers' => [
'Infrastructure' => 'src/Infrastructure',
],
The configuration above will result in the following:
ddd:model Invoicing:Invoice
ddd:trait Infrastructure:Concerns/HasExpiryDate
Output:
├─ src/Domain
| └─ Invoicing
| └─ Models
| └─ Invoice.php
├─ src/Infrastructure
└─ Concerns
└─ HasExpiryDate.php
After defining new layers in ddd.php
, make sure the corresponding namespaces are also registered in your composer.json
file. You may use the ddd:config
helper command to handle this for you.
# Sync composer.json with ddd.php
php artisan ddd:config composer
Nested Objects
For any ddd:*
generator command, nested objects can be specified with forward slashes.
php artisan ddd:model Invoicing:Payment/Transaction
# -> Domain\Invoicing\Models\Payment\Transaction
php artisan ddd:action Invoicing:Payment/ProcessTransaction
# -> Domain\Invoicing\Actions\Payment\ProcessTransaction
php artisan ddd:exception Invoicing:Payment/PaymentFailedException
# -> Domain\Invoicing\Exceptions\Payment\PaymentFailedException
This is essential for objects without a fixed namespace such as class
, interface
, trait
,
each of which have a blank namespace by default. In other words, these objects originate
from the root of the domain.
php artisan ddd:class Invoicing:Support/InvoiceBuilder
# -> Domain\Invoicing\Support\InvoiceBuilder
php artisan ddd:interface Invoicing:Contracts/PayableByCreditCard
# -> Domain\Invoicing\Contracts\PayableByCreditCard
php artisan ddd:interface Invoicing:Models/Concerns/HasLineItems
# -> Domain\Invoicing\Models\Concerns\HasLineItems
Subdomains (nested domains)
Subdomains can be specified with dot notation wherever a domain option is accepted.
# Domain/Reporting/Internal/ViewModels/MonthlyInvoicesReportViewModel
php artisan ddd:view-model Reporting.Internal:MonthlyInvoicesReportViewModel
# Domain/Reporting/Customer/ViewModels/MonthlyInvoicesReportViewModel
php artisan ddd:view-model Reporting.Customer:MonthlyInvoicesReportViewModel
# (supported by all commands where a domain option is accepted)
Overriding Configured Namespaces at Runtime
If for some reason you need to generate a domain object under a namespace different to what is configured in ddd.namespaces.*
,
you may do so using an absolute name starting with /
. This will generate the object from the root of the domain.
# The usual: generate a provider in the configured provider namespace
php artisan ddd:provider Invoicing:InvoiceServiceProvider
# -> Domain\Invoicing\Providers\InvoiceServiceProvider
# Override the configured namespace at runtime
php artisan ddd:provider Invoicing:/InvoiceServiceProvider
# -> Domain\Invoicing\InvoiceServiceProvider
# Generate an event inside the Models namespace (hypothetical)
php artisan ddd:event Invoicing:/Models/EventDoesNotBelongHere
# -> Domain\Invoicing\Models\EventDoesNotBelongHere
# Deep nesting is supported
php artisan ddd:exception Invoicing:/Models/Exceptions/InvoiceNotFoundException
# -> Domain\Invoicing\Models\Exceptions\InvoiceNotFoundException
Custom Object Resolution
If you require advanced customization of generated object naming conventions, you may register a custom resolver using DDD::resolveObjectSchemaUsing()
in your AppServiceProvider's boot method:
use Lunarstorm\LaravelDDD\Facades\DDD;
use Lunarstorm\LaravelDDD\ValueObjects\CommandContext;
use Lunarstorm\LaravelDDD\ValueObjects\ObjectSchema;
DDD::resolveObjectSchemaUsing(function (string $domainName, string $nameInput, string $type, CommandContext $command): ?ObjectSchema {
if ($type === 'controller' && $command->option('api')) {
return new ObjectSchema(
name: $name = str($nameInput)->replaceEnd('Controller', '')->finish('ApiController')->toString(),
namespace: "App\\Api\\Controllers\\{$domainName}",
fullyQualifiedName: "App\\Api\\Controllers\\{$domainName}\\{$name}",
path: "src/App/Api/Controllers/{$domainName}/{$name}.php",
);
}
// Return null to fall back to the default
return null;
});
The example above will result in the following:
php artisan ddd:controller Invoicing:PaymentController --api
# Controller [src/App/Api/Controllers/Invoicing/PaymentApiController.php] created successfully.
<a name="customizing-stubs"></a>
Customizing Stubs
This package ships with a few ddd-specific stubs, while the rest are pulled from the framework. For a quick reference of available stubs and their source, you may use the ddd:stub --list
command:
php artisan ddd:stub --list
Stub Priority
When generating objects using ddd:*
, stubs are prioritized as follows:
- Try
stubs/ddd/*.stub
(customized forddd:*
only) - Try
stubs/*.stub
(shared by bothmake:*
andddd:*
) - Fallback to the package or framework default
Publishing Stubs
To publish stubs interactively, you may use the ddd:stub
command:
php artisan ddd:stub
┌ What do you want to do? ─────────────────────────────────────┐
│ › ● Choose stubs to publish │
│ ○ Publish all stubs │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌ Which stub should be published? ─────────────────────────────┐
│ policy │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ › ◼ policy.plain.stub │
│ ◻ policy.stub │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────── 1 selected ┘
Use the space bar to select options.
You may also use shortcuts to skip the interactive steps:
# Publish all stubs
php artisan ddd:stub --all
# Publish one or more stubs specified as arguments (see ddd:stub --list)
php artisan ddd:stub model
php artisan ddd:stub model dto action
php artisan ddd:stub controller controller.plain controller.api
# Options:
# Publish and overwrite only the files that have already been published
php artisan ddd:stub ... --existing
# Overwrite any existing files
php artisan ddd:stub ... --force
To publish multiple stubs with common prefixes at once, use *
or .
as a wildcard ending to indicate "stubs that starts with":
php artisan ddd:stub listener.
Output:
Publishing /stubs/ddd/listener.typed.queued.stub
Publishing /stubs/ddd/listener.queued.stub
Publishing /stubs/ddd/listener.typed.stub
Publishing /stubs/ddd/listener.stub
Domain Autoloading and Discovery
Autoloading behaviour can be configured with the ddd.autoload
configuration option. By default, domain providers, commands, policies, and factories are auto-discovered and registered.
'autoload' => [
'providers' => true,
'commands' => true,
'policies' => true,
'factories' => true,
'migrations' => true,
],
Service Providers
When ddd.autoload.providers
is enabled, any class within the domain layer extending Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider
will be auto-registered as a service provider.
Console Commands
When ddd.autoload.commands
is enabled, any class within the domain layer extending Illuminate\Console\Command
will be auto-registered as a command when running in console.
Policies
When ddd.autoload.policies
is enabled, the package will register a custom policy discovery callback to resolve policy names for domain models, and fallback to Laravel's default for all other cases. If your application implements its own policy discovery using Gate::guessPolicyNamesUsing()
, you should set ddd.autoload.policies
to false
to ensure it is not overridden.
Factories
When ddd.autoload.factories
is enabled, the package will register a custom factory discovery callback to resolve factory names for domain models, and fallback to Laravel's default for all other cases. Note that this does not affect domain models using the Lunarstorm\LaravelDDD\Factories\HasDomainFactory
trait. Where this is useful is with regular models in the domain layer that use the standard Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory
trait.
If your application implements its own factory discovery using Factory::guessFactoryNamesUsing()
, you should set ddd.autoload.factories
to false
to ensure it is not overridden.
Migrations
When ddd.autoload.migrations
is enabled, paths within the domain layer matching the configured ddd.namespaces.migration
namespace will be auto-registered as a database migration path and recognized by php artisan migrate
.
Ignoring Paths During Autoloading
To specify folders or paths that should be skipped during autoloading class discovery, add them to the ddd.autoload_ignore
configuration option. By default, the Tests
and Migrations
folders are ignored.
'autoload_ignore' => [
'Tests',
'Database/Migrations',
],
Note that ignoring folders only applies to class-based autoloading: Service Providers, Console Commands, Policies, and Factories.
Paths specified here are relative to the root of each domain. e.g., src/Domain/Invoicing/{path-to-ignore}
. If more advanced filtering is needed, a callback can be registered using DDD::filterAutoloadPathsUsing(callback $filter)
in your AppServiceProvider's boot method:
use Lunarstorm\LaravelDDD\Facades\DDD;
use Symfony\Component\Finder\SplFileInfo;
DDD::filterAutoloadPathsUsing(function (SplFileInfo $file) {
if (basename($file->getRelativePathname()) === 'functions.php') {
return false;
}
});
The filter callback is based on Symfony's Finder Component.
Disabling Autoloading
You may disable autoloading by setting the respective autoload options to false
in the configuration file as needed, or by commenting out the autoload configuration entirely.
// 'autoload' => [
// 'providers' => true,
// 'commands' => true,
// 'policies' => true,
// 'factories' => true,
// 'migrations' => true,
// ],
<a name="autoloading-in-production"></a>
Autoloading in Production
In production, you should cache the autoload manifests using the ddd:optimize
command as part of your application's deployment process. This will speed up the auto-discovery and registration of domain providers and commands. The ddd:clear
command may be used to clear the cache if needed.
Note: Since Laravel 11.27.1, the framework's
optimize
andoptimize:clear
commands will automatically invokeddd:optimize
andddd:clear
respectively.
<a name="config-file"></a>
Configuration File
This is the content of the published config file (ddd.php
):
return [
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Domain Layer
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| The path and namespace of the domain layer.
|
*/
'domain_path' => 'src/Domain',
'domain_namespace' => 'Domain',
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Application Layer
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| The path and namespace of the application layer, and the objects
| that should be recognized as part of the application layer.
|
*/
'application_path' => 'app/Modules',
'application_namespace' => 'App\Modules',
'application_objects' => [
'controller',
'request',
'middleware',
],
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Custom Layers
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Additional top-level namespaces and paths that should be recognized as
| layers when generating ddd:* objects.
|
| e.g., 'Infrastructure' => 'src/Infrastructure',
|
*/
'layers' => [
'Infrastructure' => 'src/Infrastructure',
// 'Integrations' => 'src/Integrations',
// 'Support' => 'src/Support',
],
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Object Namespaces
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| This value contains the default namespaces of ddd:* generated
| objects relative to the layer of which the object belongs to.
|
*/
'namespaces' => [
'model' => 'Models',
'data_transfer_object' => 'Data',
'view_model' => 'ViewModels',
'value_object' => 'ValueObjects',
'action' => 'Actions',
'cast' => 'Casts',
'class' => '',
'channel' => 'Channels',
'command' => 'Commands',
'controller' => 'Controllers',
'enum' => 'Enums',
'event' => 'Events',
'exception' => 'Exceptions',
'factory' => 'Database\Factories',
'interface' => '',
'job' => 'Jobs',
'listener' => 'Listeners',
'mail' => 'Mail',
'middleware' => 'Middleware',
'migration' => 'Database\Migrations',
'notification' => 'Notifications',
'observer' => 'Observers',
'policy' => 'Policies',
'provider' => 'Providers',
'resource' => 'Resources',
'request' => 'Requests',
'rule' => 'Rules',
'scope' => 'Scopes',
'seeder' => 'Database\Seeders',
'trait' => '',
],
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Base Model
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| The base model class which generated domain models should extend. If
| set to null, the generated models will extend Laravel's default.
|
*/
'base_model' => null,
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Base DTO
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| The base class which generated data transfer objects should extend. By
| default, generated DTOs will extend `Spatie\LaravelData\Data` from
| Spatie's Laravel-data package, a highly recommended data object
| package to work with.
|
*/
'base_dto' => 'Spatie\LaravelData\Data',
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Base ViewModel
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| The base class which generated view models should extend. By default,
| generated domain models will extend `Domain\Shared\ViewModels\BaseViewModel`,
| which will be created if it doesn't already exist.
|
*/
'base_view_model' => 'Domain\Shared\ViewModels\ViewModel',
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Base Action
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| The base class which generated action objects should extend. By default,
| generated actions are based on the `lorisleiva/laravel-actions` package
| and do not extend anything.
|
*/
'base_action' => null,
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Autoloading
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Configure whether domain providers, commands, policies, factories,
| and migrations should be auto-discovered and registered.
|
*/
'autoload' => [
'providers' => true,
'commands' => true,
'policies' => true,
'factories' => true,
'migrations' => true,
],
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Autoload Ignore Folders
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Folders that should be skipped during autoloading discovery,
| relative to the root of each domain.
|
| e.g., src/Domain/Invoicing/<folder-to-ignore>
|
| If more advanced filtering is needed, a callback can be registered
| using `DDD::filterAutoloadPathsUsing(callback $filter)` in
| the AppServiceProvider's boot method.
|
*/
'autoload_ignore' => [
'Tests',
'Database/Migrations',
],
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Caching
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| The folder where the domain cache files will be stored. Used for domain
| autoloading.
|
*/
'cache_directory' => 'bootstrap/cache/ddd',
];
Testing
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License
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