Updating Snapshots

When using snapshotting, you’ll need to update snapshots every once in a while to keep up with your event stream. There are two strategies you can apply to update snapshots.

1. Update snapshot from older snapshot.
2. Create new snapshot from a clean event stream.

The snapshotting implementation makes a clear distinction between regular reconstitution and reconstitution from a snapshot. This makes it clear what is happening and allows you to choose what is best for your situation.

1. Update snapshot from an existing snapshot.

When updating a snapshot from an existing snapshot, you’ll first be retrieving an aggregate using a snapshot. Any new events will be applied to the aggregate in the process. You can then overwrite the existing snapshot with the updated one. This process is quick and straight forward.

$aggregate = $aggregateRepository->retrieveFromSnapshot($id);
$aggregateRepository->storeSnapshot($aggregate);

2. Create new snapshot from a clean event stream.

In some cases this strategy might not be the best for you. You may want to re-build the aggregate from scratch based on the full event stream. For this you can use the following code:

$aggregate = $aggregateRepository->retrieve($id);
$aggregateRepository->storeSnapshot($aggregate);