# Move Behavior to Its Owner

> A technique for moving a method or function to the module that owns the data it reads and writes.

Record: `lexicon:move-behavior-to-its-owner`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-move-behavior-to-its-owner

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Split Module](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/split-module.md) and before [Extract Function](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/extract-function.md).

## Category

- [Core Modular Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/core-modular-design.md)

## Refactors

- [God Object](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/god-object.md)
- [Shotgun Surgery](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/shotgun-surgery.md)
- [Divergent Change](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/divergent-change.md)
- [Feature Envy](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/feature-envy.md)
- [Message Chain](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/message-chain.md)
- [Utility Dump](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/utility-dump.md)
- [Explicit Boundaries](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/explicit-boundaries.md)
- [Single Responsibility Principle](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/single-responsibility.md)
- [Separation of Concerns](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/separation-of-concerns.md)
- [High Cohesion](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/high-cohesion.md)
- [Layered Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/layered-architecture.md)

## Linked from

- [Anti-patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-anti-patterns.md)
- [Domain Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-domain-architecture.md)
- [Core Modular Design](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-core-modular-design.md)
- [Codebase / System Architecture Styles](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-codebase-system-architecture-styles.md)