How to structure the following project properly

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Hello,
I am currently struggling with this scenario:

I have a solution that consists of three main projects
project 1: The admin center - where I handle things.
project 2: The control center - where my customer handle things.
project 3: The WebAPI - where the customers of my customers get certain things.

Here's the thing. Project 1 obviously has the least to no restrictions, it may know everything. Project 2 knows less, has some restrictions, may not know all obviously.
Project 3 knows almost nothing, gets a few things and sets a few things, obviously shouldn't know anything about the admin panel or control center etc.

I came up with the following solution:
I added another project called 'Common' that consists of the bll, dal and bo layer. Basically the heart of the whole thing. Now I obviously can not reference that by every project due to the fact that only the admin center needs to know everything, the rest dont. I.e. the WepAPI does not need to know how to add or remove users.
So I added another layer, called 'Data Transfer Layer'. Basically 3 more projects - DataTransferAdminarea, DataTransferAppAPI and the DataTransferUsercontrolarea - where I would manage what the three main projects have access to. Now the problem is that all the main projects do not know any of the business objects that are inherited by their representetive Datatransfer projects. I am kind of lost here on what I should do..

Posted 3-Feb-16 17:05pm

Marianne Markwardt

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StM0n 4-Feb-16 0:54am

Mhm... your first three projects are HOW you would like to communicate with your system... the following project handles the internals. my advice would be, don't try to think all of them as sequential projects. split them as you already did. your first projects are crossconcerning. maybe this could help http://www.infoq.com/articles/crosscutting-feature-design

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 4-Feb-16 2:37am

It sounds weird that you consider your development parts as 3 different project. Is the whole thing one site? One Web application? Then it's a site, a kind of project (from the standpoint of Visual Studio solution). Other projects could be some libraries, etc...

If you described 3 really isolated applications, you would not need to ask your question. Then it means that what your describe looks rather like 3 different user interfaces over the same data layer. Isn't so? You idea of data transfer layer somehow confirms that...

And then, your problem is not clear, because you again mention "main projects". Perhaps your first step should be: you should not mix up 3 things: projects (they are specific to development artifact and build logic and do not even exist during runtime), architectural layers and tiers.

—SA

StM0n 4-Feb-16 2:39am

You got me puzzled for a second ;)

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 4-Feb-16 2:57am

I hope this second already passed by now, so, if you look at your problem this way, we can continue the discussion. :-)
—SA

StM0n 4-Feb-16 3:00am

second's through :D oh, and it's not my problem... but I'm with your answer ;)

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 4-Feb-16 3:11am

Well, this is another thing: if this is not your problem, but if you still need and advice, you have to explain your problem properly...
—SA

StM0n 4-Feb-16 3:17am

Mhm... I wonder if the original poster will be answering to our comments... discussion :)

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 4-Feb-16 9:36am

Did you notice that I asked you some questions and expressed concerns? If you original post was clear, I would not comment. It's up to you, of course.
—SA

StM0n 4-Feb-16 9:49am

Sorry, do you mean my reply to Marianne Markwardt?

I tried to give her some advice about thinking in layers (haven't used that word) and looking at her "main projects" as different UIs to her "real system"... or did I really muddled that up?

I'm thinking the same as you, not to see that as three standalone solutions, which I also got the impression, she's done that.

Correct me, if I'm wrong, or do you think that original post is from me...

SMon

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 4-Feb-16 10:45am

Oop! Yes, I meant to ask Marianne. Sorry for the confusion.
—SA

StM0n 4-Feb-16 12:27pm

You're welcome ;) but still wondering, where the original poster went :D

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