# Boilerplate Elimination

> The ability to remove repetitive boilerplate by generating it from a single declaration.

Record: `lexicon:boilerplate-elimination`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Declarative Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/declarative-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-boilerplate-elimination

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [String-Based Code Generation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/string-based-code-generation.md) and before [Explicit Handwritten Code](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/explicit-handwritten-code.md).

## Category

- [Metaprogramming / Language-Oriented Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/metaprogramming-language-oriented-architecture.md)

## Enabled by

- [Metaprogramming](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/metaprogramming.md)

## Linked from

- [Metaprogramming / Language-Oriented Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-metaprogramming-language-oriented-architecture.md)