Why do we need the UserEntity.create static method?

[hymair]

As the title says. I am just not sure what the difference would be in doing Entity.create(...) and new Entity(...)?

[Sairyss]

Constructors are pretty limited. For example, you can't return a Result type with an error from a constructor or execute async code. Explicit methods are better suited for that, and constructor is set to private.

[khaelys]

@Sairyss Just a note, the constructor can't be set to private, because you need to load the entity from the database. I usually go for a static create + a dumb public constructor that I use only when I load the entity.

[jovicon]

@hymair you can check creational patterns and their benefits here:

• https://refactoring.guru/es/design-patterns/creational-patterns