# Direct Access

> Reaching a resource directly with no intermediary, bypassing the access control, caching, or laziness a proxy would add.

Record: `lexicon:direct-access`
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-direct-access

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Cartesian Inheritance Explosion](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/cartesian-inheritance-explosion.md) and before [Direct External Coupling](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/direct-external-coupling.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

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

## Linked from

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