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Andrew Fawcett
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Andrew Fawcett has over 30 years of experience holding several software development-related roles with a focus around enterprise-level product architecture. He is experienced in managing all aspects of the software development life cycle across various technology platforms, frameworks, industry design patterns, and methodologies. He is currently a VP, Product Management, and a Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II at Salesforce. He is responsible for several key platform features and emergent products for Salesforce. He is an avid blogger, open source contributor and project owner, and an experienced speaker. He loves watching movies, Formula 1 motor racing, and building Lego!
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Implementation design guidelines


As in the previous chapter, this section provides some general design and best practice guidelines around designing a Domain layer class for a given object. Note that some of these conventions are shared by the Service layer, as it also calls the Domain layer because conventions such as bulkification apply to the logic written here as well.

Naming conventions

The key principle of the Domain layer pattern is to lay out the code in such a way that it maps to the business domain of the application. In a Force.com application, this is typically supported by the Custom Objects. As such, it's important to clearly indicate which Domain layer class relates to which Standard or Custom Object:

  • Avoid acronyms: As per the previous chapter, try to avoid these unless it makes your class names unworkably long.

  • Class names: Use the plural name of your Custom Object for the name of your Domain class. This sets the tone for the scope of the record that the class deals with as...

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Andrew Fawcett has over 30 years of experience holding several software development-related roles with a focus around enterprise-level product architecture. He is experienced in managing all aspects of the software development life cycle across various technology platforms, frameworks, industry design patterns, and methodologies. He is currently a VP, Product Management, and a Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II at Salesforce. He is responsible for several key platform features and emergent products for Salesforce. He is an avid blogger, open source contributor and project owner, and an experienced speaker. He loves watching movies, Formula 1 motor racing, and building Lego!
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