# Family-Level Replacement

> The ability to swap an entire family of related products by changing a single factory.

Record: `lex:family-level-replacement`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Design Patterns Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/design-patterns-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-family-level-replacement

## category

- [Creational Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/creational-patterns.md)

## referenced-by

- [Abstract Factory Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/abstract-factory-pattern.md)