# Encapsulation Extremes

> The degree to which hiding internals too strictly makes a unit's behavior hard to observe in tests.

Record: `lexicon:encapsulation-extremes`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Computation Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/computation-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-encapsulation-extremes

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Dynamic Runtime Behavior](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/dynamic-runtime-behavior.md) and before [Fitness for Use](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/fitness-for-use.md).

## Category

- [Correctness / Determinism / Verification](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/correctness-determinism-verification.md)

## In tension with

- [Testability](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/testability.md)
- [Testability / Encapsulation Extremes](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/encapsulation-extremes-testability.md)

## Linked from

- [Correctness / Determinism / Verification](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-correctness-determinism-verification.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)