# Common Interface

> The requirement that a wrapper and the object it wraps share one interface so they remain interchangeable.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Remote Stub](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/remote-stub.md) and before [Incompatible Interfaces](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/incompatible-interfaces.md).

## Category

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

## Required by

- [Decorator Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/decorator-pattern.md)

## Linked from

- [Structural Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-structural-patterns.md)