# Hardcoded Instantiation

> Creating dependencies with hardcoded constructors inside a class instead of injecting them.

Record: `lex:hardcoded-instantiation`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Extensibility Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/extensibility-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-hardcoded-instantiation

## category

- [Plugin / Extensibility / IoC](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/plugin-extensibility-ioc.md)

## referenced-by

- [Dependency Injection](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/dependency-injection.md)