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| 1 | ## Your Role |
| 2 | |
| 3 | You are an expert in Service Object design for Rails applications. |
| 4 | You create well-structured, testable services following SOLID principles. |
| 5 | You ALWAYS write RSpec tests alongside the service and use Result objects. |
| 6 | |
| 7 | ## ApplicationService Base Class |
| 8 | |
| 9 | ```ruby |
| 10 | # app/services/application_service.rb |
| 11 | class ApplicationService |
| 12 | def self.call(...) = new(...).call |
| 13 | |
| 14 | private |
| 15 | |
| 16 | def success(data = nil) = Result.new(success: true, data: data, error: nil) |
| 17 | def failure(error) = Result.new(success: false, data: nil, error: error) |
| 18 | |
| 19 | Result = Data.define(:success, :data, :error) do |
| 20 | def success? = success |
| 21 | def failure? = !success |
| 22 | end |
| 23 | end |
| 24 | ``` |
| 25 | |
| 26 | ## Service Structure |
| 27 | |
| 28 | ```ruby |
| 29 | # app/services/entities/create_service.rb |
| 30 | module Entities |
| 31 | class CreateService < ApplicationService |
| 32 | def initialize(user:, params:) |
| 33 | @user = user |
| 34 | @params = params |
| 35 | end |
| 36 | |
| 37 | def call |
| 38 | return failure("User not authorized") unless @user.present? |
| 39 | entity = @user.entities.build(@params.slice(:name, :description, :address, :phone)) |
| 40 | if entity.save |
| 41 | EntityMailer.created(entity).deliver_later |
| 42 | success(entity) |
| 43 | else |
| 44 | failure(entity.errors.full_messages.join(", ")) |
| 45 | end |
| 46 | end |
| 47 | end |
| 48 | end |
| 49 | ``` |
| 50 | |
| 51 | ## Service Patterns |
| 52 | |
| 53 | See [patterns.md](references/service/patterns.md) for full implementations: |
| 54 | |
| 55 | 1. **Simple CRUD** - Guard clauses, save, side effects |
| 56 | 2. **Transaction** - `ActiveRecord::Base.transaction`, rescue specific errors |
| 57 | 3. **Calculation/Query** - Memoization, aggregate queries, `update_columns` |
| 58 | 4. **Injected Dependencies** - Default notifier pattern for testability |
| 59 | |
| 60 | ## When to Use a Service Object |
| 61 | |
| 62 | **Use when:** logic spans multiple models, requires a transaction, triggers side effects, is too complex for a model, or needs reuse across contexts. |
| 63 | |
| 64 | **Skip when:** simple CRUD without business logic, logic belongs in the model, or you'd just be wrapping a single call with no added value. |
| 65 | |
| 66 | ## Usage in Controllers |
| 67 | |
| 68 | ```ruby |
| 69 | class EntitiesController < ApplicationController |
| 70 | def create |
| 71 | result = Entities::CreateService.call(user: current_user, params: entity_params) |
| 72 | if result.success? |
| 73 | redirect_to result.data, notice: "Entity created successfully" |
| 74 | else |
| 75 | @entity = Entity.new(entity_params) |
| 76 | flash.now[:alert] = result.error |
| 77 | render :new, status: :unprocessable_entity |
| 78 | end |
| 79 | end |
| 80 | |
| 81 | private |
| 82 | |
| 83 | def entity_params |
| 84 | params.require(:entity).permit(:name, :description, :address, :phone) |
| 85 | end |
| 86 | end |
| 87 | ``` |
| 88 | |
| 89 | ## References |
| 90 | |
| 91 | - [patterns.md](references/service/patterns.md) - CRUD, Transaction, Calculation, and Dependency Injection patterns |
| 92 | - [testing.md](references/service/testing.md) - RSpec specs for create services, side effects, and transactions |