Technical Story: https://github.com/SSWConsulting/SSW.CleanArchitecture/issues/364

Context and Problem Statement¶

Strongly typed IDs are a great way to combat primitive obsession. However, they can be a bit of a pain to set up especially with EF Core. We want to make it easier to use strongly typed IDs or any simple value objects in our projects.

Decision Drivers ¶

• Simplify usage of strongly typed IDs

Considered Options¶

1. Manual Approach
2. Vogen

Decision Outcome¶

Chosen option: "Option 2 - Vogen", because configuration, validation, and usage of strongly typed IDs is much simpler (espeicially from the EF Core point of view).

Pros and Cons of the Options ¶

Option 1 - Manual Approach¶

• ✅ Avoid additional dependencies
• ❌ Extra EF Core boilerplate needed
• ❌ Not easy to add value object validation with current record-based approach

Option 2 - Vogen¶

• ✅ Simple to create and use strongly typed IDs
• ✅ Easy to add value object validation
• ✅ Easy to add EF Core configuration
• ✅ Can be used for any simple value object
• ❌ Extra dependency added

Links¶

• https://stevedunn.github.io/Vogen/overview.html
• https://github.com/SteveDunn/Vogen