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Defines structural rules for Laravel architecture, layering, and code organization

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Purpose

Single source of truth for application structure and architectural boundaries.

1. Layering Rules

Presentation Layer

  • Controllers
  • Form Requests (validation only)

No business logic allowed.

Application Layer

  • Services
  • DTOs
  • Transformers

Holds all business logic orchestration.

Domain Layer

  • Models Represents state and invariants only.

Infrastructure Layer

  • API clients
  • External services

Must be replaceable and contain no business logic.

2. Service Rules

  • Business logic lives in services.
  • Services must remain framework-agnostic except for Laravel infrastructure (Eloquent, DB transactions, HTTP client, logging).
  • No view/UI concerns inside services.
  • DTOs are used for structured data transfer where transformation, validation, or reuse is required.
  • They are optional for internal service calls when validated arrays are sufficient.

3. Dependency Rules

  • Constructor injection only
  • No service locators
  • No hidden dependencies

4. Architecture Integrity

  • No cross-layer leakage
  • Strict separation of concerns
  • Refactoring must preserve behavior