Hexagonal Architecture. By Default, Not by Accident.
Implementing Ports & Adapters correctly takes weeks and deep architecture expertise. Jardis generates the complete hexagonal structure for every Bounded Context automatically: no deviations, no debates about folder structures.
Everyone wants hexagonal architecture. Almost nobody implements it correctly.
The pattern has been around for 20 years. Most teams still struggle with consistent implementation.
Theory is clear, practice is not
Everyone on the team understands Ports & Adapters conceptually. But where exactly is the boundary between Application Service and Domain Service? When does a port need its own interface? Answers vary per developer.
Layer boundaries erode over time
Sprint 1: clean separation. Sprint 10: an adapter reaches directly into domain logic because it was faster. Sprint 20: the architecture only exists in the wiki, not in the code.
Onboarding becomes an architecture seminar
New developers have to learn internal conventions before they can be productive. Every team interprets hexagonal architecture differently. Knowledge about architecture decisions lives in people's heads, not in the code. Ramp-up time eats weeks.
How Jardis Solves Hexagonal Architecture.
Not a guideline in Confluence. A physical structure in the code.
Every Bounded Context follows the same structure
Jardis generates the complete hexagonal PHP architecture for every Bounded Context: ports as interfaces, adapters as implementations, application services as orchestrators, plus CQRS with separate commands and queries. The structure is identical whether it is the first or the twentieth context.
The domain layer stays free of infrastructure
Entities, value objects, and domain events live in their own layer with no outward dependencies. The builder ensures no infrastructure imports leak into the domain. Not through code reviews, but through the structure itself.
One architecture for the entire system
Whether three or thirty Bounded Contexts: each follows the same hexagonal pattern. New team members understand one context and understand all of them. No special cases, no historically grown deviations, no team-specific interpretations of the architecture.
See what three files turn into.
Three definition files in, a complete bounded context out. Browse the generated code.
# Database Schema — Sales Bounded Context
# This file defines the persistent storage structure.
schema:
domain: ECommerce
boundedContext: Sales
tables:
order:
columns:
id:
type: integer
primary: true
autoIncrement: true
public_id:
type: uuid7
unique: true
customer_email:
type: string
length: 255
status:
type: string
length: 32
default: "draft"
total_amount:
type: integer
currency:
type: string
length: 3
default: "EUR"
created_at:
type: datetime
updated_at:
type: datetime
nullable: true
order_item:
columns:
id:
type: integer
primary: true
autoIncrement: true
order_id:
type: integer
foreignKey:
table: order
column: id
onDelete: cascade
product_name:
type: string
length: 255
sku:
type: string
length: 64
quantity:
type: integer
unit_price:
type: integer
line_total:
type: integer
Why Teams Choose Jardis for Hexagonal Architecture.
Because architecture should not depend on the experience level of individual developers.
Same Architecture in Every Bounded Context
No Bounded Context is a special case. The hexagonal structure is identical, from folder layout to dependency rules. Know one context, know them all.
New Contexts in Minutes Instead of Weeks
Define the schema, start the builder. The entire hexagonal architecture is ready instantly. No manual folder structures, no copy-paste errors, no architecture reviews for repetitive structural code.
Architecture That Does Not Erode
Generated structures do not drift. Every new Bounded Context is as clean as the first. The architecture stays maintainable, even after two years and twenty contexts.
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Answers about hexagonal architecture with Jardis.
Jardis generates the hexagonal PHP layering per Bounded Context: ports as interfaces, adapters as implementations, application services as orchestrators. The domain layer stays free of infrastructure imports. Plus the entity hierarchy with Domain Entity, Aggregate Entity, and BoundedContext Layer. Your team only writes the business logic in the domain.