# Narrow Specialized Behavior

> The degree to which honoring a base type's contract constrains a subtype from specializing its own behavior.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Interface Proliferation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/interface-proliferation.md) and before [CRUD-Only State Persistence](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/crud-only-state-persistence.md).

## Category

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

## In tension with

- [Liskov Substitution Principle](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/liskov-substitution.md)
- [Liskov Substitution Principle (LSP) / Narrow Specialized Behavior](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/liskov-substitution-principle-lsp-narrow-specialized-behavior.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)