# Indirection

> The degree of extra indirection introduced by separating an abstraction from its implementation.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Uniform Component Interface](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/uniform-component-interface.md) and before [Over-Centralization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/over-centralization.md).

## Category

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

## In tension with

- [Bridge Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/bridge-pattern.md)
- [Bridge Pattern / Indirection](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/bridge-pattern-indirection.md)

## Linked from

- [Structural Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-structural-patterns.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)