# Pluggable Handling

> The ability to add or reorder request handlers without changing the ones already in the chain.

Record: `lexicon:pluggable-handling`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Design Patterns Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/design-patterns-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-pluggable-handling

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Parallel Regions](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/parallel-regions.md) and before [Runtime Behavior Selection](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/runtime-behavior-selection.md).

## Category

- [Behavioral Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/behavioral-patterns.md)

## Enabled by

- [Chain of Responsibility Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/chain-of-responsibility-pattern.md)

## Linked from

- [Behavioral Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-behavioral-patterns.md)