NOOT: Dit is een oud artikel dat ik vergat uit te brengen.
Hier is het, geniet ervan!
Ik heb het bijgewerkt, maar misschien heb ik wat problemen gemist.
In dit artikel ga ik je laten zien hoe je ze goed kunt implementeren met behulp van moderne .NET tools: Marten voor event sourcing, Dapper voor geoptimaliseerde queries en MediatR om alles georganiseerd te houden.
**Ik zal je ook het "half-assed" cache-gebaseerde alternatief laten zien, en uitleggen waarom proberen Event Sourcing te mengen met handmatige cache-invalidatie een vreselijk idee is.**Inleiding
**CQRS (Command Query Responsibility Segregation) en Event Sourcing zijn twee verschillende patronen die uitzonderlijk goed samenwerken:**CQRS
Scheiden van je leesmodellen van je schrijfmodellen
Event Sourcing
Wanneer goed gedaan met gereedschap zoals Marten, krijg je:
Complete audit trail van elke verandering
Mogelijkheid om de staat op elk moment te herbouwenAutomatische leesmodelprojectiesNatuurlijke pasvorm met domeingestuurd ontwerp
correct
// Write Model - Commands that change state
public record CreateBlogPostCommand(string Title, string Content, string AuthorId);
// Read Model - DTOs optimised for display
public class BlogPostListItemDto
{
public Guid Id { get; set; }
public string Title { get; set; }
public string AuthorName { get; set; }
public DateTime PublishedDate { get; set; }
public int CommentCount { get; set; }
}
Wat is CQRS?
// Traditional: Store current state
public class BlogPost
{
public Guid Id { get; set; }
public string Title { get; set; } // Current title
public bool IsPublished { get; set; } // Current status
}
// Event Sourcing: Store the events
public record BlogPostCreated(Guid Id, string Title, string Content, DateTime CreatedAt);
public record BlogPostTitleChanged(Guid Id, string OldTitle, string NewTitle, DateTime ChangedAt);
public record BlogPostPublished(Guid Id, DateTime PublishedAt);
In de kern, CQRS betekent het gebruik van verschillende modellen voor het lezen en schrijven van gegevens:
**De leeszijde is gedenormaliseerd en geoptimaliseerd voor display.**Simpel genoeg, maar echte CQRS betekent dat ze volledig gescheiden paden zijn door uw toepassing.
**Wat is Event Sourcing?**In plaats van de huidige toestand op te slaan, slaat u de gebeurtenissen op die tot die toestand leidden:
**De huidige toestand wordt afgeleid door gebeurtenissen te herhalen.**Dit geeft je een complete geschiedenis van alles wat er ooit in je systeem is gebeurd.
**Waarom Event Sourcing met CQRS gebruiken?**Complete audit trail
**: Elke verandering wordt geregistreerd.**Perfect voor financiële systemen, gezondheidszorg, of waar dan ook moet je bewijzen wat er gebeurd is en wanneer.
**: "Hoe zag deze blogpost er afgelopen dinsdag uit?" wordt triviaal - gewoon gebeurtenissen tot op dat punt afspelen.**Debuggen
**: Reproduceer bugs door de exacte volgorde van gebeurtenissen die hen veroorzaakt.**Bedrijfsintelligentie
**: Bouw nieuwe rapporten uit historische gegevens zonder migraties uit te voeren.**De gebeurtenissen zijn er al.
Natuurlijke CQRS Fit: Gebeurtenissen scheiden natuurlijk schrijfsels (evenementen toevoegen) van lezen (query projecties).
Eenvoudige CRUD: Als je alleen gegevens opslaat en ophaalt, is Event Sourcing belachelijk.Klein team zonder ervaring
: De leercurve is steil.
Marten
dotnet add package Marten
dotnet add package Marten.AspNetCore
Program.cs:
var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
builder.Services.AddMarten(options =>
{
options.Connection(builder.Configuration.GetConnectionString("Marten")!);
// Register event types
options.Events.AddEventType<BlogPostCreated>();
options.Events.AddEventType<BlogPostPublished>();
options.Events.AddEventType<BlogPostTitleChanged>();
options.Events.AddEventType<CommentAdded>();
// Configure async projections
options.Projections.Add<BlogPostProjection>(ProjectionLifecycle.Async);
});
builder.Services.AddMediatR(cfg =>
cfg.RegisterServicesFromAssembly(typeof(Program).Assembly));
var app = builder.Build();
Waarom Marten?
flowchart TB
subgraph Client["Client Application"]
UI[User Interface]
end
subgraph Commands["Command Side (Writes)"]
CMD[Commands] --> CMDH[Command Handlers]
CMDH --> MARTEN[Marten Session]
MARTEN --> EVENTS[(Event Store)]
end
subgraph Background["Async Processing"]
EVENTS -.->|Event Stream| DAEMON[Marten Async Daemon]
DAEMON --> PROJ[Projections]
PROJ --> READDB[(Read Models)]
end
subgraph Queries["Query Side (Reads)"]
QRY[Queries] --> QRYH[Query Handlers with Dapper]
QRYH --> READDB
end
UI -->|Commands| CMD
UI -->|Queries| QRY
classDef commandStyle fill:none,stroke:#e63946,stroke-width:3px
classDef queryStyle fill:none,stroke:#457b9d,stroke-width:3px
classDef dataStyle fill:none,stroke:#2a9d8f,stroke-width:3px
class CMD,CMDH,MARTEN commandStyle
class QRY,QRYH queryStyle
class EVENTS,READDB dataStyle
Gebouwd op PostgreSQL (je weet het al)
Dit is hoe alles bij elkaar past:
// Always past tense - these things have happened
public record BlogPostCreated(
Guid BlogPostId,
string Title,
string Content,
string AuthorId,
DateTime CreatedAt
);
public record BlogPostPublished(
Guid BlogPostId,
DateTime PublishedAt
);
public record BlogPostTitleChanged(
Guid BlogPostId,
string OldTitle,
string NewTitle,
DateTime ChangedAt
);
public record CommentAdded(
Guid BlogPostId,
Guid CommentId,
string Author,
string Content,
DateTime CreatedAt
);
Belangrijkste punten:
Gebeurtenissen definiëren
public class BlogPost
{
// Marten requires an Id property
public Guid Id { get; set; }
// Current state (private setters)
public string Title { get; private set; } = string.Empty;
public string Content { get; private set; } = string.Empty;
public string AuthorId { get; private set; } = string.Empty;
public bool IsPublished { get; private set; }
public DateTime? PublishedDate { get; private set; }
private readonly List<Comment> _comments = new();
public IReadOnlyList<Comment> Comments => _comments.AsReadOnly();
// Apply methods - called by Marten when replaying events
public void Apply(BlogPostCreated e)
{
Id = e.BlogPostId;
Title = e.Title;
Content = e.Content;
AuthorId = e.AuthorId;
}
public void Apply(BlogPostPublished e)
{
IsPublished = true;
PublishedDate = e.PublishedAt;
}
public void Apply(BlogPostTitleChanged e)
{
Title = e.NewTitle;
}
public void Apply(CommentAdded e)
{
_comments.Add(new Comment
{
Id = e.CommentId,
Author = e.Author,
Content = e.Content,
CreatedAt = e.CreatedAt
});
}
// Business logic methods that produce events
public static BlogPostCreated Create(string title, string content, string authorId)
{
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(title))
throw new ArgumentException("Title is required");
return new BlogPostCreated(
Guid.NewGuid(),
title,
content,
authorId,
DateTime.UtcNow
);
}
public BlogPostPublished Publish()
{
if (IsPublished)
throw new InvalidOperationException("Post is already published");
return new BlogPostPublished(Id, DateTime.UtcNow);
}
public BlogPostTitleChanged ChangeTitle(string newTitle)
{
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(newTitle))
throw new ArgumentException("Title cannot be empty");
if (newTitle == Title)
throw new InvalidOperationException("New title is the same as current title");
return new BlogPostTitleChanged(Id, Title, newTitle, DateTime.UtcNow);
}
}
public class Comment
{
public Guid Id { get; set; }
public string Author { get; set; } = string.Empty;
public string Content { get; set; } = string.Empty;
public DateTime CreatedAt { get; set; }
}
Evenementen zijn onveranderlijke records die dingen beschrijven die zijn gebeurd:
Ze beschrijven wat er gebeurd is.
// Define commands
public record CreateBlogPostCommand(
string Title,
string Content,
string AuthorId
) : IRequest<Guid>;
public record PublishBlogPostCommand(Guid BlogPostId) : IRequest;
public record ChangeBlogPostTitleCommand(
Guid BlogPostId,
string NewTitle
) : IRequest;
// Handler for creating a blog post
public class CreateBlogPostHandler : IRequestHandler<CreateBlogPostCommand, Guid>
{
private readonly IDocumentSession _session;
public CreateBlogPostHandler(IDocumentSession session)
{
_session = session;
}
public async Task<Guid> Handle(CreateBlogPostCommand request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
// Create the event
var created = BlogPost.Create(
request.Title,
request.Content,
request.AuthorId
);
// Start a new event stream
_session.Events.StartStream<BlogPost>(created.BlogPostId, created);
await _session.SaveChangesAsync(cancellationToken);
return created.BlogPostId;
}
}
// Handler for publishing
public class PublishBlogPostHandler : IRequestHandler<PublishBlogPostCommand>
{
private readonly IDocumentSession _session;
public PublishBlogPostHandler(IDocumentSession session)
{
_session = session;
}
public async Task Handle(PublishBlogPostCommand request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
// Load the aggregate by replaying its events
var blogPost = await _session.Events.AggregateStreamAsync<BlogPost>(
request.BlogPostId,
token: cancellationToken
);
if (blogPost == null)
throw new InvalidOperationException($"Blog post {request.BlogPostId} not found");
// Business logic produces new event
var published = blogPost.Publish();
// Append event to the stream
_session.Events.Append(request.BlogPostId, published);
await _session.SaveChangesAsync(cancellationToken);
}
}
// Handler for changing title
public class ChangeBlogPostTitleHandler : IRequestHandler<ChangeBlogPostTitleCommand>
{
private readonly IDocumentSession _session;
public ChangeBlogPostTitleHandler(IDocumentSession session)
{
_session = session;
}
public async Task Handle(ChangeBlogPostTitleCommand request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
var blogPost = await _session.Events.AggregateStreamAsync<BlogPost>(
request.BlogPostId,
token: cancellationToken
);
if (blogPost == null)
throw new InvalidOperationException($"Blog post {request.BlogPostId} not found");
var titleChanged = blogPost.ChangeTitle(request.NewTitle);
_session.Events.Append(request.BlogPostId, titleChanged);
await _session.SaveChangesAsync(cancellationToken);
}
}
Rijk aan zakelijke betekenis
Het patroon:
Toepassen methoden update interne status
// Read model - optimised for queries
public class BlogPostReadModel
{
public Guid Id { get; set; }
public string Title { get; set; } = string.Empty;
public string Content { get; set; } = string.Empty;
public string AuthorId { get; set; } = string.Empty;
public DateTime CreatedAt { get; set; }
public DateTime? PublishedAt { get; set; }
public bool IsPublished { get; set; }
public int CommentCount { get; set; }
}
// Projection - tells Marten how to build read models from events
public class BlogPostProjection : MultiStreamProjection<BlogPostReadModel, Guid>
{
public BlogPostProjection()
{
// Identity tells Marten which stream each event belongs to
Identity<BlogPostCreated>(x => x.BlogPostId);
Identity<BlogPostPublished>(x => x.BlogPostId);
Identity<BlogPostTitleChanged>(x => x.BlogPostId);
Identity<CommentAdded>(x => x.BlogPostId);
}
// Apply methods - Marten calls these to update read models
public void Apply(BlogPostReadModel view, BlogPostCreated e)
{
view.Id = e.BlogPostId;
view.Title = e.Title;
view.Content = e.Content;
view.AuthorId = e.AuthorId;
view.CreatedAt = e.CreatedAt;
view.IsPublished = false;
}
public void Apply(BlogPostReadModel view, BlogPostPublished e)
{
view.IsPublished = true;
view.PublishedAt = e.PublishedAt;
}
public void Apply(BlogPostReadModel view, BlogPostTitleChanged e)
{
view.Title = e.NewTitle;
}
public void Apply(BlogPostReadModel view, CommentAdded e)
{
view.CommentCount++;
}
}
Marten behandelt event persistentie en replay
Opdrachten worden behandeld door gebeurtenissen toe te voegen aan stromen:
// Define queries
public record GetRecentBlogPostsQuery(
int Count,
bool PublishedOnly
) : IRequest<List<BlogPostListItemDto>>;
public record GetBlogPostByIdQuery(Guid Id) : IRequest<BlogPostDetailDto?>;
// DTOs for display
public class BlogPostListItemDto
{
public Guid Id { get; set; }
public string Title { get; set; } = string.Empty;
public string AuthorName { get; set; } = string.Empty;
public DateTime CreatedAt { get; set; }
public DateTime? PublishedAt { get; set; }
public int CommentCount { get; set; }
public bool IsPublished { get; set; }
}
public class BlogPostDetailDto
{
public Guid Id { get; set; }
public string Title { get; set; } = string.Empty;
public string Content { get; set; } = string.Empty;
public string AuthorId { get; set; } = string.Empty;
public string AuthorName { get; set; } = string.Empty;
public DateTime CreatedAt { get; set; }
public DateTime? PublishedAt { get; set; }
public bool IsPublished { get; set; }
public List<CommentDto> Comments { get; set; } = new();
}
public class CommentDto
{
public Guid Id { get; set; }
public string Author { get; set; } = string.Empty;
public string Content { get; set; } = string.Empty;
public DateTime CreatedAt { get; set; }
}
// Query handlers
public class GetRecentBlogPostsHandler : IRequestHandler<GetRecentBlogPostsQuery, List<BlogPostListItemDto>>
{
private readonly string _connectionString;
public GetRecentBlogPostsHandler(IConfiguration config)
{
_connectionString = config.GetConnectionString("Marten")!;
}
public async Task<List<BlogPostListItemDto>> Handle(
GetRecentBlogPostsQuery request,
CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
await using var connection = new NpgsqlConnection(_connectionString);
// Query the Marten-generated read model table
const string sql = @"
SELECT
bp.id AS Id,
bp.title AS Title,
u.name AS AuthorName,
bp.created_at AS CreatedAt,
bp.published_at AS PublishedAt,
bp.comment_count AS CommentCount,
bp.is_published AS IsPublished
FROM blog_post_read_models bp
LEFT JOIN users u ON bp.author_id = u.id
WHERE (@PublishedOnly = false OR bp.is_published = true)
ORDER BY
CASE WHEN bp.is_published THEN bp.published_at
ELSE bp.created_at
END DESC
LIMIT @Count";
var results = await connection.QueryAsync<BlogPostListItemDto>(
sql,
new
{
PublishedOnly = request.PublishedOnly,
Count = request.Count
});
return results.ToList();
}
}
public class GetBlogPostByIdHandler : IRequestHandler<GetBlogPostByIdQuery, BlogPostDetailDto?>
{
private readonly string _connectionString;
public GetBlogPostByIdHandler(IConfiguration config)
{
_connectionString = config.GetConnectionString("Marten")!;
}
public async Task<BlogPostDetailDto?> Handle(
GetBlogPostByIdQuery request,
CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
await using var connection = new NpgsqlConnection(_connectionString);
const string sql = @"
SELECT
bp.id AS Id,
bp.title AS Title,
bp.content AS Content,
bp.author_id AS AuthorId,
u.name AS AuthorName,
bp.created_at AS CreatedAt,
bp.published_at AS PublishedAt,
bp.is_published AS IsPublished
FROM blog_post_read_models bp
LEFT JOIN users u ON bp.author_id = u.id
WHERE bp.id = @Id";
var post = await connection.QuerySingleOrDefaultAsync<BlogPostDetailDto>(
sql,
new { request.Id });
if (post == null)
return null;
// Get comments from event stream if needed
// Or maintain a separate comment read model
return post;
}
}
De stroom:
Call business methode (validates and returns event)
[ApiController]
[Route("api/[controller]")]
public class BlogPostsController : ControllerBase
{
private readonly IMediator _mediator;
public BlogPostsController(IMediator mediator)
{
_mediator = mediator;
}
[HttpGet]
public async Task<ActionResult<List<BlogPostListItemDto>>> GetRecent(
[FromQuery] int count = 10,
[FromQuery] bool publishedOnly = true)
{
var query = new GetRecentBlogPostsQuery(count, publishedOnly);
var results = await _mediator.Send(query);
return Ok(results);
}
[HttpGet("{id}")]
public async Task<ActionResult<BlogPostDetailDto>> GetById(Guid id)
{
var query = new GetBlogPostByIdQuery(id);
var result = await _mediator.Send(query);
if (result == null)
return NotFound();
return Ok(result);
}
[HttpPost]
public async Task<ActionResult<Guid>> Create([FromBody] CreateBlogPostCommand command)
{
var postId = await _mediator.Send(command);
return CreatedAtAction(nameof(GetById), new { id = postId }, postId);
}
[HttpPost("{id}/publish")]
public async Task<ActionResult> Publish(Guid id)
{
await _mediator.Send(new PublishBlogPostCommand(id));
return NoContent();
}
[HttpPut("{id}/title")]
public async Task<ActionResult> ChangeTitle(
Guid id,
[FromBody] ChangeBlogPostTitleCommand command)
{
if (id != command.BlogPostId)
return BadRequest();
await _mediator.Send(command);
return NoContent();
}
}
Wijzigingen opslaan
sequenceDiagram
participant Client
participant Controller
participant MediatR
participant CommandHandler
participant Marten
participant EventStore
participant AsyncDaemon
participant ReadDB
participant QueryHandler
Note over Client,ReadDB: Write Operation
Client->>Controller: POST /api/blogposts
Controller->>MediatR: Send CreateBlogPostCommand
MediatR->>CommandHandler: Handle command
CommandHandler->>CommandHandler: Validate & create event
CommandHandler->>Marten: StartStream(event)
Marten->>EventStore: Append event
EventStore-->>Marten: Success
Marten-->>CommandHandler: Success
CommandHandler-->>Controller: Return ID
Controller-->>Client: 201 Created
Note over AsyncDaemon,ReadDB: Background Processing
EventStore->>AsyncDaemon: New event available
AsyncDaemon->>AsyncDaemon: Apply projection
AsyncDaemon->>ReadDB: Update read model
ReadDB-->>AsyncDaemon: Updated
Note over Client,ReadDB: Read Operation
Client->>Controller: GET /api/blogposts
Controller->>MediatR: Send Query
MediatR->>QueryHandler: Handle query
QueryHandler->>ReadDB: SELECT with Dapper
ReadDB-->>QueryHandler: Return data
QueryHandler-->>Controller: Return DTOs
Controller-->>Client: 200 OK
Lees Modellen en Projecties
Projecties veranderen gebeurtenissen in gedenormaliseerde leesmodellen:
builder.Services.AddMarten(options =>
{
// This projection runs synchronously
options.Projections.Add<CriticalDataProjection>(ProjectionLifecycle.Inline);
// This projection runs async
options.Projections.Add<BlogPostProjection>(ProjectionLifecycle.Async);
});
Martens async daemon verwerkt gebeurtenissen op de achtergrond en houdt modellen up-to-date.
var blogPost = await _session.Events.AggregateStreamAsync<BlogPost>(id);
Zoekzijde met dapper
Met MediatR zijn controllers heel eenvoudig:
// Command handler
public class CreateBlogPostHandler : IRequestHandler<CreateBlogPostCommand, int>
{
private readonly ApplicationDbContext _context;
private readonly IMemoryCache _cache;
public async Task<int> Handle(CreateBlogPostCommand request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
var blogPost = new BlogPost
{
Title = request.Title,
Content = request.Content,
AuthorId = request.AuthorId,
PublishedDate = DateTime.UtcNow
};
_context.BlogPosts.Add(blogPost);
await _context.SaveChangesAsync(cancellationToken);
// Manual cache invalidation - this is the tedious bit
_cache.Remove("recent-posts");
_cache.Remove($"author-posts-{request.AuthorId}");
_cache.Remove($"post-{blogPost.Id}");
return blogPost.Id;
}
}
// Query handler
public class GetRecentPostsHandler : IRequestHandler<GetRecentPostsQuery, List<BlogPostDto>>
{
private readonly string _connectionString;
private readonly IMemoryCache _cache;
public async Task<List<BlogPostDto>> Handle(GetRecentPostsQuery request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
var cacheKey = "recent-posts";
if (_cache.TryGetValue<List<BlogPostDto>>(cacheKey, out var cached))
return cached!;
// Cache miss - query with Dapper
using var connection = new NpgsqlConnection(_connectionString);
var posts = (await connection.QueryAsync<BlogPostDto>(
"SELECT id, title, author_name, published_date FROM blog_posts ORDER BY published_date DESC LIMIT 10"
)).ToList();
_cache.Set(cacheKey, posts, TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5));
return posts;
}
}
**Deel 2: De Half-Assed-benadering (Cache-invalidatie)**Juist, dus je hebt gelezen over de juiste Event Sourcing en je denkt "dat is veel werk."
**Eerlijk genoeg.**Hier is de "informele CQRS" benadering die de meeste teams eigenlijk gebruiken.
De set-upOpdrachten schrijven naar database (met behulp van EF of Dapper)
Vragen gelezen van IMemoryCache of IDistributedCacheCommando's ongeldige relevante cache-items na het schrijven
Geen event sourcing, geen projecties, geen async daemonsHet is niet waar CQRS.
Je krijgt geen audit trail, temporal queries, of automatische projecties.
Snel voorbeeld
Eenvoudige toepassingen zonder complexe auditvereisten
Je hebt prestaties nodig, maar kan de complexiteit van Event Sourcing niet rechtvaardigen
Staliteit van enkele seconden is aanvaardbaarDe problemen
Cache ongeldigheid is moeilijk: Miss one cache key and you server mule data.
**Elk commando moet weten welke caches ongeldig moeten worden gemaakt.**Geen auditspoor
**: Je hebt alleen de huidige staat.**Ik kan niet bewijzen wat er gebeurd is of wanneer.
Geen tijdelijke vragen"Hoe zag het systeem er gisteren uit?"
: Met IMemoryCache heeft elke server zijn eigen cache.
Verander een query, kan een commando breken.
Deel 3: Het slechtste idee - Event Sourcing + Handmatige Cache-validatie
// Don't do this!
public class PublishBlogPostHandler : IRequestHandler<PublishBlogPostCommand>
{
private readonly IDocumentSession _session;
private readonly IMemoryCache _cache; // ← BAD
public async Task Handle(PublishBlogPostCommand request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
var blogPost = await _session.Events.AggregateStreamAsync<BlogPost>(request.BlogPostId);
var published = blogPost.Publish();
_session.Events.Append(request.BlogPostId, published);
await _session.SaveChangesAsync(cancellationToken);
// Manually invalidating cache while using Event Sourcing ← TERRIBLE IDEA
_cache.Remove($"post-{request.BlogPostId}");
_cache.Remove("recent-posts");
// Now you have:
// 1. Event in event store
// 2. Cache invalidated
// 3. But projection hasn't run yet!
// Queries will hit database before projection completes = stale data
}
}
Waarom mensen dit proberen
Dus ze denken: "Ik voeg gewoon cache ongeldigheid toe om lezen sneller en consistenter te maken!"
Waarom het verschrikkelijk is
: Je hebt nu twee systemen die leesmodellen synchroon houden - Marten's projecties en je handmatige cache ongeldigheid.
Ze zijn niet synchroon.
Debug nachtmerrie
De juiste aanpak
Gebruik Marten's projecties (async of inline)
De gelezen modellen direct opvragenAccepteer uiteindelijke consistentie (het is meestal prima)Gebruik inline projecties als je echt onmiddellijke consistentie nodig hebt
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