# Invariant Protection

> The ability to guarantee an object's rules always hold by controlling all access to its state.

Record: `lex:invariant-protection`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-invariant-protection

## category

- [Core Modular Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/core-modular-design.md)

## referenced-by

- [Encapsulation](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/encapsulation.md)