Over-Generalization

Kind: quality-attribute

Layer: Structural Core

Record: lexicon:over-generalization

Canonical: Lexicon

The degree to which making code reusable for every case adds abstraction that harms clarity.

Listed in Lexicon terms, after Locality of Behavior and before Over-Layering.

Category

• Core Modular Design

In tension with

• Reusability
• Reusability / Over-Generalization

Linked from

• Core Modular Design
• The resolutions