# Guarded Transitions

> The ability to permit a state transition only when a specified condition holds.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Framework Reuse](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/framework-reuse.md) and before [Hierarchical States](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/hierarchical-states.md).

## Category

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

## Enabled by

- [Statecharts](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/statecharts.md)

## Linked from

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