This quickstart gives you an example implementation of a projection.
Clone the source code from Github before you get started.
Scenario
The scenario for this quickstart populates PurchaseOrder objects from events in the OrderBooking stream (the events emitted by the aggregate root quickstart).
There are 2 options here:
- The 'prerestored' option reads the objects restored at startup.
- The 'onthefly' option projects them during the request.
What you need to get started
- The .NET 6 SDK should be installed
- The sample was created using Visual Studio 2022 community edition
- A general purpose azure storage account is used to store events.
- The MessageHandler.Runtime package is also available from nuget.org.
- The MessageHandler.EventSourcing.AzureTableStorage package is available from nuget.org
Running the sample
Prior to being able to run the sample, you need to configure the user secrets file.
In the secrets file you must specify the following configuration values.
{
"azurestoragedata": "your azure storage connection string goes here"
}
Once configured you can start the API project or run the unittests.
Note: it is advised to run the aggregate root quickstart first, so that the event store is populated with events.
Designed with testing in mind
MessageHandler is intented to be test friendly.
This sample contains plenty of ideas on how to test a projection without requiring a dependency on an actual storage account, and thus keep the tests fast.
- Unit tests: To test the actual logic in the projection. Unit tests should make up the bulk of all tests in the system.
- Component tests: To test the api used to expose the projection.
- Contract tests: To verify that the test doubles used in the unit and component tests are behaving the same as an actual dependency would. Note: contract verification files are often shared between producers and consumers of the contract.
How to implement it yourself
Check out the how to guide to learn how to implement this pattern or get started with the learning path, where you'll build a Projection yourself in lesson 4.