# Explicit Dependency

> A technique for declaring what a module needs as parameters or imports instead of reaching it through global state.

Record: `lexicon:explicit-dependency`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-explicit-dependency

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Centralize the Rule](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/centralize-the-rule.md) and before [Localize Effect](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/localize-effect.md).

## Category

- [Core Modular Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/core-modular-design.md)

## Refactors

- [Action at a Distance](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/action-at-a-distance.md)
- [Causal Dependency](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/causal-dependency.md)

## Linked from

- [Anti-patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-anti-patterns.md)
- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)
- [Plugin / Extensibility / IoC](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lexicon-category-plugin-extensibility-ioc.md)