Lexicon

Opaque Binary/Untyped Structures

Kind: anti-pattern

Layer: Declarative Core

Record: lexicon:opaque-binary-untyped-structures

Canonical: Lexicon

Using opaque binary or untyped data that carries no description of its own structure.

Listed in Lexicon terms, after Opaque API and before Client Generation.

Category

  • Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems

Negated by

  • Self-Describing Structures

Violates

  • Self-Describing Structures

Linked from

  • Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems