In CQRS, how do you build the response when creating an entity?

Question

If using CQRS and creating an entity, and the values of some of its properties are generated part of the its constructor (e.g. a default active value for the

Answer 1

What I ended up doing is I created a 3rd type: CommandQuery. Everything gets pushed into either a Command or Query whenever possible, but then when you have a scenario where running the command results in data you need above, simply turn to the CommandQuery. That way, you know these are special circumstances, like you need an auto-id from a create or you need something back from a stack pop, and you have a clear/easy way to deal with this with no extra overhead that creating some random dummy guid or relying on events (difficult when you are in a web request context) would cause. In a business setting, you could then discuss as a team if a CommandQuery is really warranted for the situation.