# Explicit State Set

> The requirement that the complete set of possible states be defined up front.

Record: `lexicon:explicit-state-set`
Kind: constraint
Layer: [Design Patterns Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/design-patterns-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-explicit-state-set

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Explicit State Model](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/explicit-state-model.md) and before [Interchangeable Algorithms](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/interchangeable-algorithms.md).

## Category

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

## Required by

- [Finite State Machine](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/finite-state-machine.md)

## Linked from

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