# Hardcoded Behavior

> Hardcoding behavior in code instead of driving it from declarative metadata.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Excessive Configuration](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/excessive-configuration.md) and before [Hardcoded Registration](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/hardcoded-registration.md).

## Category

- [Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/metadata-self-description-declarative-systems.md)

## Negated by

- [Metadata-Driven Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/metadata-driven-design.md)

## Linked from

- [Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-metadata-self-description-declarative-systems.md)