I often write code which translates entities in the database to domain objects. These entities often have fields which are constrained and translate to enumerations in the domain objects. In some cases, though, the fields can be null.
For example, imagine I have a PrintJob
entity with a Status
field that can be New
, Submitted
, or Completed
and a Result
field that can be Succeeded
, FailedNoPaper
, or FailedNoToner
but it can also be NULL
if the Status
is not Completed
.
On the one hand, I like having a one-to-one mapping of entity field values to domain object enum values, but on the other hand, it somehow feels "better" to always have values for properties with enumeration types.
My question is: is it better to represent the value of the Result
field in my domain object as a nullable value (e.g. MyStatus?
in C# or VB.NET) having essentially no value when the corresponding entity field is NULL
, or should I create a special enum value along with the others, e.g. NoValue
or Undefined
?
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