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Refund

aggregate-root payment


Payment reversal or credit associated with a return, exchange, or payment correction.

Business Purpose: Represent the commercial and payment state of returning value to a customer.

Identity

Type Field Description
global refund-id Globally unique refund identifier, stable across its payment reversal lifecycle.

Attributes

Attribute Description
refund-id Refund ID Stable refund identifier.
payment-id Payment ID Related payment reference.
return-id Return ID Related return reference when applicable.
amount Amount Refund amount.
status Status Current refund state.

Lifecycle

requestedauthorizedprocessedsettledfailedcancelled

Invariants

  • stable-refund-id — Refund ID must remain stable for the lifetime of the refund.
  • source-payment-reference — A refund must reference a source payment or payment transaction.

Relationships

Type Target
derives-from payment payment
settles return return

Used by Capabilities

  • payment-processing Payment Processing

Semantic Constraints

Constraint Type Rule
refund-belongs-to-payment association A Refund must be applied against exactly one original Payment.

Note

Existing models expose refund-payment as a service and payment-refunded as an event on payment; refund is not yet directly referenced as an object.

Referenced by APIs

Endpoint Method Role Capability
/payments/{id}/refunds POST response payment-processing

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