NDR02 Repository postfix for classes that handle data access

Context

Business logic should not care where the data comes from. It needs a component that can retrieve or store information irrespective of type type of data store that is used. There are several options for naming a class that handles data access. We need to choose a naming convention for this.

Option

Repository

Reason

Decision

We will use Repository as postfix for classes that handle business logic

Consequences

• Our data access classes are postfixed with Repository.
  • For example: OrderRepository

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