# Hardcoded Registration

> Registering components with hardcoded wiring instead of declaring them in a manifest.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Hardcoded Behavior](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/hardcoded-behavior.md) and before [Hidden Runtime Behavior](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/hidden-runtime-behavior.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

- [Manifest-Based Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/manifest-based-design.md)

## Linked from

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