# Inheritance Coupling

> The degree to which basing a template method on subclassing binds subclasses tightly to the base class.

Record: `lexicon:inheritance-coupling`
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-inheritance-coupling

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Element Stability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/element-stability.md) and before [Mediator God Object](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/mediator-god-object.md).

## Category

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

## In tension with

- [Template Method Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/template-method-pattern.md)
- [Template Method Pattern / Inheritance Coupling](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/inheritance-coupling-template-method-pattern.md)

## Linked from

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