# Interface Overuse

> The degree to which excessive interface abstraction adds indirection without proportional benefit.

Record: `lexicon:interface-overuse`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Contracts Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/contracts-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-interface-overuse

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Flexible Ingestion](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/flexible-ingestion.md) and before [Permissive APIs](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/permissive-apis.md).

## Category

- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)

## In tension with

- [Interface-Based Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/interface-based-design.md)
- [Interface-Based Design / Interface Overuse](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/interface-based-design-interface-overuse.md)

## Linked from

- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)