The Life Cycle of an Entity
Ÿ    It is a model that defines the entity’s behaviour, since it is created until it is removed definitively. This model is described as a states machine,  extended to represent different types of Business Rules
ŘStates are rules that define the moments in which an entity will be transformed in other one
ŘTransformations are rules that define the most important events that might occur over an entity
ŘTransitions are rules that prevent improperly usage of the transformations over an entity.
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