Value Characteristics
As a first order of business, make certain when modeling a domain concept as a Value Object that you are addressing the Ubiquitous Language. Consider this to be an overarching principle and a characteristic that must be achieved. I imply this principle throughout the chapter.
When you are trying to decide whether a concept is a Value, you should determine whether it possesses most of these characteristics:
• It measures, quantifies, or describes a thing in the domain.
• It can be maintained as immutable.
• It models a conceptual whole by composing related attributes as an integral unit.
• It is completely replaceable when the measurement or description changes.
• It can be compared with others using Value equality.
• It ...
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