How to signal that the transaction completed

When we're sure that the transaction has completed, the DomainEvents subject provides a method to notify all Observers of each Domain Event of its occurrence.

// shared/domain/events/DomainEvents.ts

export class DomainEvents {
  private static handlersMap = {};
  private static markedAggregates: AggregateRoot<any>[] = [];

  ...

  /**
   * @method dispatchEventsForAggregate
   * @static
   * @desc When all we know is the ID of the aggregate, call this
   * in order to dispatch any handlers subscribed to events on the
   * aggregate.
   */

  public static dispatchEventsForAggregate(id: UniqueEntityID): void {
    const aggregate = this.findMarkedAggregateByID(id);

    if (aggregate) {
      this.dispatchAggregateEvents(aggregate);
      aggregate.clearEvents();
      this.removeAggregateFromMarkedDispatchList(aggregate);
    }
  }

  private static removeAggregateFromMarkedDispatchList(
    aggregate: AggregateRoot<any>
  ): void {
    const index = this.markedAggregates.findIndex(a => a.equals(aggregate));
    this.markedAggregates.splice(index, 1);
  }

  /**
   * @method dispatchAggregateEvents
   * @static
   * @private
   * @desc Call all of the handlers for any domain events on this aggregate.
   */

  private static dispatchAggregateEvents(aggregate: AggregateRoot<any>): void {
    aggregate.domainEvents.forEach((event: IDomainEvent) =>
      this.dispatch(event)
    );
  }

  /**
   * @method dispatch
   * @static
   * @desc Invokes all of the subscribers to a particular domain event.
   */

  private static dispatch(event: IDomainEvent): void {
    const eventClassName: string = event.constructor.name;

    if (this.handlersMap.hasOwnProperty(eventClassName)) {
      const handlers: any[] = this.handlersMap[eventClassName];
      for (let handler of handlers) {
        handler(event);
      }
    }
  }
}

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