# Explicit Dependencies

> The degree to which a component's dependencies are visible in its signature rather than acquired through hidden lookups.

Record: `lexicon:explicit-dependencies`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Extensibility Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/extensibility-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-explicit-dependencies

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Constructor Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/constructor-complexity.md) and before [Flag Debt](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/flag-debt.md).

## Category

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

## In tension with

- [Service Locator Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/service-locator-pattern.md)
- [Service Locator Pattern / Explicit Dependencies](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/explicit-dependencies-service-locator-pattern.md)

## Linked from

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