# Class Proliferation

> The degree to which modeling each state as its own class multiplies the number of classes.

Record: `lexicon:class-proliferation`
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-proliferation

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Class Count](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/class-count.md) and before [Coordination Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/coordination-complexity.md).

## Category

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

## In tension with

- [State Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/state-pattern.md)
- [State Pattern / Class Proliferation](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/class-proliferation-state-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)