@fluojs/cqrs

CQRS primitives for fluo applications with bootstrap-time handler discovery, command/query dispatch, and event publishing delegation through @fluojs/event-bus.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• When to Use
• Quick Start
• Common Patterns
  • Saga Process Managers
  • Event Publishing Contracts
  • Symbol Tokens
• Public API Overview
• Related Packages
• Example Sources

Installation

npm install @fluojs/cqrs

When to Use

• When you want to decouple the "intent" (Commands/Queries) from the "execution" (Handlers).
• When implementing complex business logic that requires clear separation between write models and read models.
• When orchestrating multi-step processes (Sagas) triggered by domain events.
• When you need a centralized bus for commands, queries, and events within a single application.

Quick Start

Register the CqrsModule and define your first command and handler.

Use CqrsModule.forRoot(...) to wire CQRS buses and handler discovery.

import { Inject, Module } from '@fluojs/core';
import {
  CqrsModule,
  CommandHandler,
  ICommand,
  ICommandHandler,
  CommandBusLifecycleService,
} from '@fluojs/cqrs';

// 1. Define a Command
class CreateUserCommand implements ICommand {
  constructor(public readonly name: string) {}
}

// 2. Implement the Handler
@CommandHandler(CreateUserCommand)
class CreateUserHandler implements ICommandHandler<CreateUserCommand, string> {
  async execute(command: CreateUserCommand): Promise<string> {
    console.log(`Creating user: ${command.name}`);
    return 'user-id-123';
  }
}

// 3. Use the Command Bus
@Inject(CommandBusLifecycleService)
class UserService {
  constructor(private readonly commandBus: CommandBusLifecycleService) {}

  async create(name: string) {
    return this.commandBus.execute(new CreateUserCommand(name));
  }
}

@Module({
  imports: [CqrsModule.forRoot()],
  providers: [CreateUserHandler, UserService],
})
class AppModule {}

Common Patterns

Saga Process Managers

Sagas allow you to listen for events and trigger new commands, enabling complex long-running workflows.

import { Inject } from '@fluojs/core';
import { Saga, ISaga, IEvent, ICommand, CommandBusLifecycleService } from '@fluojs/cqrs';

class UserCreatedEvent implements IEvent {
  constructor(public readonly userId: string) {}
}

class SendWelcomeEmailCommand implements ICommand {
  constructor(public readonly userId: string) {}
}

@Inject(CommandBusLifecycleService)
@Saga(UserCreatedEvent)
class UserSaga implements ISaga<UserCreatedEvent> {
  constructor(private readonly commandBus: CommandBusLifecycleService) {}

  async handle(event: UserCreatedEvent): Promise<void> {
    await this.commandBus.execute(new SendWelcomeEmailCommand(event.userId));
  }
}

Saga execution fails fast with SagaTopologyError when an in-process publish chain re-enters the same saga route cyclically or exceeds 32 nested saga hops. Multi-stage sagas may still react to different event types in sequence, but in-process saga graphs must stay acyclic overall; move intentionally cyclic or long-running feedback loops behind an external transport, scheduler, or other bounded boundary.

Event Publishing Contracts

CqrsEventBusService.publish(event) runs the CQRS event pipeline in a fixed order: matching @EventHandler(...) providers first, matching @Saga(...) providers second, and delegated @fluojs/event-bus publication last. publishAll(events) preserves the input order by awaiting each event's CQRS handlers, sagas, and delegated publication call before publishing the next event. During application shutdown, the CQRS event bus waits for active publish(...) pipelines, publishAll(...) sequences, and saga execution chains to settle before marking itself stopped. Shutdown drain is bounded by CqrsModule.forRoot({ shutdown: { drainTimeoutMs } }), which defaults to 5000ms; if a CQRS handler, saga, or delegated publish chain is still stuck after the bound, CQRS records degraded status diagnostics, logs a warning, and lets application close continue instead of hanging indefinitely. When CqrsModule.forRoot({ eventBus: { publish: { waitForHandlers: false } } }) is configured, the delegated publication call can resolve before matching @OnEvent(...) subscribers finish, so publish(...), publishAll(...), and shutdown drain completion do not imply subscriber completion in that mode.

Each CQRS event handler and saga receives an isolated event copy with the matched event prototype restored. Mutating that copy is local to the current handler or saga route; those mutations are not visible to other CQRS handlers, sagas, the original event object, or delegated @fluojs/event-bus subscribers. The delegated event-bus publication receives the original event after CQRS side effects complete, so @OnEvent(...) projections and transports observe the caller-owned payload rather than a CQRS handler's mutated copy.

Event classes should keep their payload state cloneable and enumerable. String-keyed and symbol-keyed enumerable payload fields are preserved by the shared core clone fallback, while intentionally non-cloneable resources such as open sockets, functions, or process-local handles should be represented by IDs or other serializable boundaries before publishing.

CQRS handlers, event handlers, and sagas are discovered only on singleton providers. Non-singleton registrations are skipped with warnings.

Symbol Tokens

Use these exports when you want explicit symbol tokens for the CQRS buses:

import { Inject } from '@fluojs/core';
import { COMMAND_BUS, QUERY_BUS, EVENT_BUS } from '@fluojs/cqrs';

@Inject(COMMAND_BUS, QUERY_BUS, EVENT_BUS)
class TokenInjectedService {
  constructor(commandBus, queryBus, eventBus) {}
}

Public API Overview

Modules & Providers

• CqrsModule.forRoot(options): Main entry point. Registers buses and starts discovery.
• Module options can provide explicit commandHandlers, queryHandlers, eventHandlers, sagas, and delegated eventBus options.
• CommandBusLifecycleService: Primary service for executing commands.
• QueryBusLifecycleService: Primary service for executing queries.
• CqrsEventBusService: Primary service for publishing events.

Decorators

• @CommandHandler(Command): Associates a class with a Command.
• @QueryHandler(Query): Associates a class with a Query.
• @EventHandler(Event): Associates a class with an Event.
• @Saga(Event | Event[]): Marks a class as a Saga listener.

Interfaces

• ICommand, IQuery<T>, IEvent: Marker interfaces for messages.
• ICommandHandler<C, R>, IQueryHandler<Q, R>, IEventHandler<E>, ISaga<E>: Handler contracts.

Errors

• CommandHandlerNotFoundException, QueryHandlerNotFoundException: Raised when a bus has no matching handler.
• DuplicateCommandHandlerError, DuplicateQueryHandlerError: Raised when different singleton providers claim the same command or query type.
• DuplicateEventHandlerError: Exported for conflicting event-handler discovery failures; ordinary multiple @EventHandler(...) providers for the same event are valid and fan out in discovery order.
• SagaExecutionError: Wraps unexpected non-Fluo saga failures.
• SagaTopologyError: Raised when saga orchestration detects a self-triggering, cyclic, or over-deep in-process saga graph.

Status and metadata

• createCqrsPlatformStatusSnapshot(...): Creates CQRS status snapshots for diagnostics and health surfaces.
• Metadata helpers and symbols are exported for framework packages that need to inspect command, query, event, or saga registrations.

Related Packages

• @fluojs/event-bus: Underlying event distribution used by CqrsEventBusService.
• @fluojs/core: Required for @Module and @Inject decorators.

Example Sources

• packages/cqrs/src/module.test.ts: Module registration and basic bus usage.
• packages/cqrs/src/public-api.test.ts: Root-barrel public API contract coverage.
• packages/cqrs/src/status.test.ts: CQRS status snapshot behavior.
• packages/cqrs/src/event-clone.test.ts: Event clone fallback behavior.