# Class Count

> The degree to which extracting each algorithm into its own class raises the total number of classes.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Uniform Traversal Interface](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/uniform-traversal-interface.md) and before [Class Proliferation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/class-proliferation.md).

## Category

- [Behavioral Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/behavioral-patterns.md)

## In tension with

- [Strategy Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/strategy-pattern.md)
- [Strategy Pattern / Class Count](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/class-count-strategy-pattern.md)

## Linked from

- [Behavioral Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-behavioral-patterns.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)