# Family-Level Replacement

> The ability to swap an entire family of related products by changing a single factory.

Record: `lexicon:family-level-replacement`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Design Patterns Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/design-patterns-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-family-level-replacement

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Dynamic Object Creation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/dynamic-object-creation.md) and before [Polymorphic Construction](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/polymorphic-construction.md).

## Category

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

## Enabled by

- [Abstract Factory Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/abstract-factory-pattern.md)

## Linked from

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