Time provider

LeanCode.TimeProvider is utilized to centralize and manage time-related operations. It enables the domain to encapsulate temporal logic, ensuring consistency and testability. Employing a dedicated time provider, facilitates easier maintenance and testing of time-dependent domain logic.

Packages

Package	Link	Application in section
LeanCode.DomainModels		IAggregateRoot
LeanCode.TimeProvider		Time

Example

Let's enhance our project aggregate by introducing a DateCreated property. This property will hold the timestamp indicating the UTC time when the project was originally created:

public class Project : IAggregateRoot<ProjectId>
{
    // . . .

    DateTime DateCreated { get; private set; }

    // . . .

    public static Project Create(
        ProjectId projectId,
        string name,
        EmployeeId ownerId)
    {
        return new Project
        {
            Id = projectId,
            Name = name,
            OwnerId = ownerId,
            DateCreated = Time.UtcNow,
        };
    }
}

Tip

Employing a single instance of LeanCode.TimeProvider.Time throughout the domain enables convenient manipulation of time for testing purposes. Further information about this can be found here.