User Entities
The User Entities module is a fundamental part of the Machanism platform, providing the core building blocks for managing user-related data and operations within the application ecosystem. It defines the essential domain models that represent users and their associated attributes, built with extensibility, reusability, and scalability in mind.
This module is designed to align with Clean Architecture principles1, ensuring a clear separation between business logic and external systems, while producing highly modular and reusable components that can be utilized across various projects and domains.
Overview
The User Entities module encapsulates the foundational aspects of user management, providing a set of domain-specific entities that serve as the basis for identity management, authentication, and user-related business processes.
With a well-structured and unified approach, these entities are tailored for reuse across a variety of contexts, empowering developers to create robust systems that handle user data with clarity and efficiency.
Key Features
- Standardized User Models: Provides highly structured and reusable entities such as
User,Profile, andContactInfoto encapsulate user data and ensure consistency across the platform. - Clean Architecture Principles: Adopts a strict separation of concerns, allowing these entities to remain independent of infrastructure, external frameworks, and data sources.
- Extensibility: Can be easily extended or customized to meet specific business needs or application requirements.
- Scalability: Facilitates seamless integration into scalable solutions, enabling applications to evolve without impacting core functionality.
- Reusability: Centralized user entities minimize redundancy and ensure uniformity across projects.
Core Entities
1. User
The User entity represents the core attributes of a user in the system, serving as the foundation for more complex user-related models. This entity typically includes fields such as email, password, id, and personal information like firstName, lastName, and country.
2. Profile
An extension of the User entity, the Profile entity includes additional attributes for detailed user information. Core fields include gender, dateOfBirth, homeAddress, shippingAddress (using the ContactInfo entity), and preferences such as locale and autoLogin. The Profile entity is ideal for applications requiring rich, user-centered data.
3. ContactInfo
The ContactInfo entity handles detailed user contact information, such as:
- Multiple address lines (
address1,address2,address3) - City, state, and country
- Phone numbers, fax numbers, and email preferences
This entity is designed to capture all relevant contact details in a reusable way, supporting complex user data models with ease.
For more detailed information, please see: API Documentation.