---
id: wiki-2026-0508-impedance-matching
title: Impedance Matching
category: 10_Wiki/Topics
status: verified
canonical_id: self
aliases: [Object-Relational Impedance Mismatch, API Impedance]
duplicate_of: none
source_trust_level: A
confidence_score: 0.9
verification_status: applied
tags: [orm, api, architecture, integration]
raw_sources: []
last_reinforced: 2026-05-10
github_commit: pending
tech_stack:
  language: typescript
  framework: prisma
---

# Impedance Matching

## 매 한 줄
> **"매 두 system 의 model / protocol 차이를 매 어디선가 흡수해야 한다 — 매 그 자리를 well-chosen 한 곳으로"**. 매 EE 의 source-load impedance match 의 metaphor — software 에서 매 OO ↔ relational, REST ↔ event, sync ↔ async, monolith ↔ microservice 사이의 mismatch 를 anti-corruption layer / DTO / ORM / adapter 로 매 흡수.

## 매 핵심

### 매 classic mismatches
- **OO ↔ Relational**: object identity vs row, inheritance vs table, association vs FK.
- **REST ↔ Event-driven**: request/response vs publish/subscribe, sync vs async.
- **Internal model ↔ External API**: domain entity vs DTO/contract.
- **Bounded context 간**: 매 같은 단어 ("Order") 가 매 다른 의미.

### 매 흡수 위치
- **ORM** (Prisma, Drizzle, SQLAlchemy, Hibernate): OR mismatch.
- **DTO / Schema** (Zod, Pydantic, Protobuf): API boundary.
- **Anti-Corruption Layer (ACL)**: bounded context 간 (Evans DDD).
- **Adapter / Port** (Hex / Clean architecture): 매 infra ↔ domain.
- **Event envelope / outbox**: sync ↔ async.

### 매 응용
1. ORM choice / hand-rolled SQL trade-off.
2. GraphQL / tRPC / gRPC 의 schema-first contract.
3. CQRS — read model 과 write model 의 분리.
4. Strangler fig — legacy ↔ new system migration.

## 💻 패턴

### Prisma — OR mismatch 흡수
```ts
// schema.prisma
// model User { id Int @id @default(autoincrement()) email String @unique posts Post[] }
import { PrismaClient } from "@prisma/client";
const prisma = new PrismaClient();
const user = await prisma.user.findUnique({ where: { email }, include: { posts: true } });
// 매 row → object graph (lazy/eager) automatic
```

### DTO + Zod (API boundary)
```ts
import { z } from "zod";
export const CreateUserDTO = z.object({
  email: z.string().email(),
  name: z.string().min(1).max(100),
});
export type CreateUserDTO = z.infer<typeof CreateUserDTO>;

// route
app.post("/users", async (req, res) => {
  const dto = CreateUserDTO.parse(req.body); // 매 invalid 면 throw
  const user = await userService.create(dto);
  res.json(toUserResponse(user));            // 매 entity → response DTO
});
```

### Anti-Corruption Layer
```ts
// 매 legacy CRM 의 dirty model → 매 깨끗한 domain 으로
class CrmAcl {
  toCustomer(raw: LegacyCrmRow): Customer {
    return {
      id: CustomerId.of(raw.cust_id_v2 ?? raw.cust_id),
      email: Email.of(raw.email_addr.trim().toLowerCase()),
      tier: raw.tier_code === "P" ? "premium" : "standard",
    };
  }
}
```

### Outbox (sync ↔ async)
```ts
await prisma.$transaction([
  prisma.order.create({ data: order }),
  prisma.outbox.create({ data: { topic: "order.created", payload: JSON.stringify(order) } }),
]);
// 매 별도 worker 가 outbox → Kafka publish (at-least-once)
```

### Hexagonal port
```ts
// 매 domain side 의 port (interface)
export interface PaymentGateway { charge(amount: Money, token: string): Promise<ChargeId>; }

// 매 infra side 의 adapter
export class StripeAdapter implements PaymentGateway {
  async charge(amount: Money, token: string): Promise<ChargeId> {
    const r = await stripe.paymentIntents.create({ amount: amount.cents, currency: amount.ccy, payment_method: token });
    return ChargeId.of(r.id);
  }
}
```

### gRPC / Protobuf contract
```proto
syntax = "proto3";
message User { int64 id = 1; string email = 2; string name = 3; }
service UserService { rpc GetUser(GetUserRequest) returns (User); }
```

### CQRS — read model
```ts
// 매 write: domain entity → event
// 매 read: denormalized view (materialized) → query
const orders = await db.orderListView.where({ userId }).orderBy("createdAt", "desc");
```

## 매 결정 기준
| 상황 | Approach |
|---|---|
| Simple CRUD + RDB | ORM (Prisma / Drizzle) |
| Complex query / perf | hand-rolled SQL + thin mapper |
| External legacy | ACL (변환 layer 명시) |
| Polyglot service mesh | Protobuf + gRPC |
| Sync write + async fanout | Outbox + event bus |
| Read 많이, write 적게 | CQRS 의 separate read model |

**기본값**: TS + Postgres 조합은 Prisma/Drizzle + Zod DTO + outbox.

## 🔗 Graph
- 부모: [[Software Architecture]] · [[Integration]]
- 변형: [[Anti-Corruption Layer]] · [[Hexagonal Architecture]] · [[CQRS]]
- 응용: [[gRPC]] · [[Event-Driven Architecture]]
- Adjacent: [[Bounded Context]] · [[DDD]] · [[Strangler Fig]]

## 🤖 LLM 활용
**언제**: legacy 통합 설계, API contract 결정, ORM vs raw SQL trade-off reasoning.
**언제 X**: 매 단일 monolith + 단일 DB 의 trivial app — 매 over-engineering.

## ❌ 안티패턴
- **Leaky ORM**: 매 ORM entity 를 그대로 API 응답 — 매 schema lock-in.
- **N+1 query**: 매 ORM 의 lazy load loop — include / dataloader.
- **Anemic ACL**: 매 변환만 하고 의미 보존 X — 매 그냥 DTO 와 다를 바 없음.
- **Distributed monolith**: 매 microservice 인데 DB schema 공유 — 매 mismatch 흡수 실패.
- **At-most-once event publish**: 매 outbox 없이 commit 후 publish → 매 lost message.

## 🧪 검증 / 중복
- Verified (Fowler *PoEAA* 2002, Evans *DDD* 2003, Vernon *IDDD* 2013, Prisma docs, microservices.io).
- 신뢰도 A.

## 🕓 Changelog
| 날짜 | 변경 |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | Phase 1 |
| 2026-05-10 | Manual cleanup — OR mismatch + ACL + outbox + CQRS 정리 |
