# Architecture Test

> A technique for expressing a structural rule, such as a dependency direction, as a test that runs in the build.

Record: `lexicon:architecture-test`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-architecture-test

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Track Rule Metrics](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/track-rule-metrics.md) and before [Remove Pattern Shell](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/remove-pattern-shell.md).

## Category

- [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/architecture-review-evolution-governance.md)

## Refactors

- [Big Ball of Mud](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/big-ball-of-mud.md)
- [Boundary Leakage](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/boundary-leakage.md)
- [Manual-Only Governance](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/manual-only-governance.md)
- [Architectural Consistency](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/architectural-consistency.md)

## Linked from

- [Anti-patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-anti-patterns.md)
- [Architecture Review / Evolution / Governance Artifacts](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance-artifacts.md)