# Direct Control Ownership

> Application code driving the overall control flow itself instead of ceding it to a framework or container.

Record: `lexicon:direct-control-ownership`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Extensibility Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/extensibility-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-direct-control-ownership

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Closed Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/closed-core.md) and before [Direct Reference](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/direct-reference.md).

## Category

- [Plugin / Extensibility / IoC](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/plugin-extensibility-ioc.md)

## Negated by

- [Inversion of Control](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/inversion-of-control.md)

## Linked from

- [Plugin / Extensibility / IoC](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-plugin-extensibility-ioc.md)