Over-Layering

Kind: quality-attribute

Layer: Structural Core

Record: lexicon:over-layering

Canonical: Lexicon

The degree to which adding separating layers introduces indirection that outweighs the separation gained.

Listed in Lexicon terms, after Over-Generalization and before Over-Specialization.

Category

• Core Modular Design

In tension with

• Separation of Concerns
• Separation of Concerns / Over-Layering

Linked from

• Architectural rules and principles
• Core Modular Design
• The resolutions