# Lazy Traversal

> The ability to produce a collection's elements one at a time on demand rather than all at once.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Hierarchical States](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/hierarchical-states.md) and before [Null-Check Elimination](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/null-check-elimination.md).

## Category

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

## Enabled by

- [Iterator Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/iterator-pattern.md)

## Linked from

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