# Hide Delegate

> A technique for adding a method on an object that forwards to the object behind it, so clients stop navigating the chain.

Record: `lexicon:hide-delegate`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-hide-delegate

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Inline Abstraction](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/inline-abstraction.md) and before [Encapsulate State](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/encapsulate-state.md).

## Category

- [Core Modular Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/core-modular-design.md)

## Refactors

- [Message Chain](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/message-chain.md)

## Linked from

- [Anti-patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-anti-patterns.md)