# Repeated Expensive Setup

> A defect in which each new object repeats a costly setup that copying a prepared instance would avoid.

Record: `lexicon:repeated-expensive-setup`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Design Patterns Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/design-patterns-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-repeated-expensive-setup

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Constructor-Valid State](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/constructor-valid-state.md) and before [Cartesian Inheritance Explosion](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/cartesian-inheritance-explosion.md).

## Category

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

## Violates

- [Prototype Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/prototype-pattern.md)

## Linked from

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