Lexicon

Implementation-First Integration

Kind: anti-pattern

Layer: Contracts Core

Record: lexicon:implementation-first-integration

Canonical: Lexicon

Integrating against a concrete implementation before agreeing a contract, coupling consumers to internals.

Listed in Lexicon terms, after Hidden Service Coupling and before Implicit Assumptions.

Category

  • Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility

Negated by

  • Contract-First Design

Violates

  • Contract-First Design

Linked from

  • Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility