# Complex Factory Hierarchies

> Building elaborate parallel factory class hierarchies where cloning an existing configured instance would suffice.

Record: `lexicon:complex-factory-hierarchies`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Design Patterns Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/design-patterns-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-complex-factory-hierarchies

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [State Explosion](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/state-explosion.md) and before [Concrete Constructor Coupling](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/concrete-constructor-coupling.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

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

## Linked from

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