# Inheritance Complexity

> The degree to which relying on subclassing to vary creation adds to the inheritance hierarchy's complexity.

Record: `lex:inheritance-complexity`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Design Patterns Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/design-patterns-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-inheritance-complexity

## category

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

## referenced-by

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