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<summary><b>Avoid Primitive Obsession</b></summary>

It is important to differentiate a well-defined object from a lot of loose and repeated attributes in various places.

**Bad:**

```csharp
class Person
{
public string FirstName { get; set; }
public string LastName { get; set; }
public string Address { get; set; }
public string City { get; set; }
public string State { get; set; }
public string Country { get; set; }
public string ZipCode { get; set; }
}

var badPerson = new Person();

badPerson.FirstName = "John";
badPerson.LastName = "Doe";
badPerson.Address = "Buck Drive";
badPerson.City = "Montpelier";
badPerson.State = "Vermont";
badPerson.Country = "USA";
badPerson.ZipCode = "99999";

Console.WriteLine($"{badPerson.FirstName} {badPerson.LastName}"); //John Doe
Console.WriteLine($"{badPerson.Address}, {badPerson.City}, {badPerson.State}, {badPerson.Country}, {badPerson.ZipCode}"); //Buck Drive, Montpelier, Vermont, USA, 99999
```

**Good:**

```csharp
struct Name
{
public string FirstName, LastName;

public Name(string firstName, string lastName)
{
FirstName = firstName;
LastName = lastName;
}

public override string ToString()
{
return $"{FirstName} {LastName}";
}
}

struct Address
{
public string Street, City, State, Country, ZipCode;

public Address(string street, string city, string state, string country, string zipCode)
{
Street = street;
City = city;
State = state;
Country = country;
ZipCode = zipCode;
}

public override string ToString()
{
return $"{Street}, {City}, {State}, {Country}, {ZipCode}";
}
}

class Person
{
public Name Name { get; set; }
public Address Address { get; set; }
}

var goodPerson = new Person();

goodPerson.Name = new Name("John","Doe");
goodPerson.Address = new Address("Buck Drive", "Montpelier", "Vermont", "USA", "99999");

Console.WriteLine($"{goodPerson.Name}"); //John Doe
Console.WriteLine($"{goodPerson.Address}"); //Buck Drive, Montpelier, Vermont, USA, 99999
```

Although we have more code in the second way, we gain from reuse, maintainability and consistency of information.

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## Classes

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