# Protocol Swap

> The ability to switch the transport or wire protocol without changing core domain logic.

Record: `lexicon:protocol-swap`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Resource Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/resource-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-protocol-swap

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Adapter/Port Abstraction](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/adapter-port-abstraction.md) and before [Protocol-Coupled Domain Logic](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/protocol-coupled-domain-logic.md).

## Category

- [Portability / Infrastructure / Deployment](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/portability-infrastructure-deployment.md)

## Enabled by

- [Protocol Independence](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/protocol-independence.md)

## Linked from

- [Portability / Infrastructure / Deployment](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-portability-infrastructure-deployment.md)