In my code I currently have an active record implementation of a Staff object. Namely, that object self-populates at creation time, and self-reloads when required.
class Staff { private $id; private $name; private $email; //all the getters and setters } I changed the code where I pulled out database code out of it to where it now populates from the outside. One of the next steps I can take is make this object into a Doctrine Entity, which is a fairly-well understood concept to me (I have existing entities in my code) Before going that route, I thought .. what if I make it into an immutable value object. Will it benefit me? And that is my question here. Staff is used as part of a session and typically does not need to be mutable. As part of making it a value object I can *remove all the setters* and *move all initialization and object-loading code into the constructor*. This is where I'm struggling ... If I do this - can I still use the object with Doctrine? - Is doing this a good idea? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "doctrine-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to doctrine-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to doctrine-user@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/doctrine-user. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.