# Interface Proliferation

> The degree to which splitting interfaces finely multiplies the number of small interfaces to manage.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Role-Specific Interfaces](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/role-specific-interfaces.md) and before [Narrow Specialized Behavior](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/narrow-specialized-behavior.md).

## Category

- [SOLID / Object-Oriented Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/solid-object-oriented-design.md)

## In tension with

- [Interface Segregation Principle](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/interface-segregation.md)
- [Interface Segregation Principle (ISP) / Interface Proliferation](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/interface-proliferation-interface-segregation-principle-isp.md)

## Linked from

- [SOLID / Object-Oriented Design](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-solid-object-oriented-design.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)