Mediator

UnambitiousFx.Mediator is a lightweight implementation of the mediator pattern for .NET applications. It facilitates loose coupling between components by providing a central communication mechanism.

Overview

The mediator pattern is a behavioral design pattern that reduces coupling between components by having them communicate indirectly through a mediator object. UnambitiousFx.Mediator implements this pattern with a focus on:

  • Simplicity: Clean, intuitive API that’s easy to understand and use
  • Flexibility: Support for both request/response and event-based communication
  • Performance: Optimized for high-performance scenarios, including Native AOT compatibility
  • Extensibility: Pipeline behaviors for cross-cutting concerns like logging, validation, and error handling

Key Concepts

Requests and Handlers

Requests represent operations that should be performed by the application. They can be:

  • Commands: Requests that change state and may not return a value
  • Queries: Requests that retrieve data without changing state

Each request has a corresponding handler that contains the logic to process the request.

Events and Handlers

Events represent notifications that something has happened. They are published by components and can be handled by multiple event handlers.

Pipeline Behaviors

Pipeline behaviors allow you to add cross-cutting concerns to your request and event processing pipelines, such as logging, validation, and error handling.

Getting Started

To get started with UnambitiousFx.Mediator, follow these guides:

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