title	category	language	tag
CQRS	Architectural	en	Performance Cloud distributed

Intent

CQRS Command Query Responsibility Segregation - Separate the query side from the command side.

Class diagram

Applicability

Use the CQRS pattern when

• You want to scale the queries and commands independently.
• You want to use different data models for queries and commands. Useful when dealing with complex domains.
• You want to use architectures like event sourcing or task based UI.

Credits

• Greg Young - CQRS, Task Based UIs, Event Sourcing agh!
• Martin Fowler - CQRS
• Oliver Wolf - CQRS for Great Good
• Command and Query Responsibility Segregation (CQRS) pattern