# General-Purpose Boilerplate

> Expressing domain logic through verbose general-purpose code and its boilerplate instead of a concise domain notation.

Record: `lexicon:general-purpose-boilerplate`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Declarative Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/declarative-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-general-purpose-boilerplate

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Formal Grammar/Semantics](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/formal-grammar-semantics.md) and before [Tooling/Maintenance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/tooling-maintenance.md).

## Category

- [Metaprogramming / Language-Oriented Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/metaprogramming-language-oriented-architecture.md)

## Negated by

- [Domain-Specific Language](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/domain-specific-language.md)

## Linked from

- [Metaprogramming / Language-Oriented Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-metaprogramming-language-oriented-architecture.md)