> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://sitecoreuml.gitbook.io/sitecoredxg/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://sitecoreuml.gitbook.io/sitecoredxg/architecture/roles.md).

# Roles

A *role* is a responsibility to satisfy a particular piece of logic and/or task in the communication flow required for SitecoreDXG. A fully-functional SitecoreDXG ecosystem consists of the following roles:

* **Serializer:** responsible for serializing the Sitecore template architecture and making it available to the *middleman* for retrieval.
* **Middleman:** responsible for retrieving the serialized architecture from the *serializer* and passing it along to the *trigger*
* **Trigger:** responsible for executing the generation process on the *generator* with the serialized architecture received from the *middleman*
* **Generator:** responsible for performing the generation process on the serialized architecture when called by the *trigger*
* **Completion Handler:** an optional role responsible for performing post-generation logic on the generated output when called by the *generator* after it finishes generating

The following diagram shows the general communication workflow between these roles. Note that this workflow may change slightly depending on how you choose to use SitecoreDXG and implement your Middleman and Trigger.

![](/files/-LMm9E8RhktiMpcunuHa)


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