# Restrict Exports

> A technique for narrowing a module's public surface to the operations its consumers need.

Record: `lexicon:restrict-exports`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-restrict-exports

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Encapsulate State](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/encapsulate-state.md) and before [Introduce Parameter Object](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/introduce-parameter-object.md).

## Category

- [Core Modular Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/core-modular-design.md)

## Refactors

- [Boundary Leakage](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/boundary-leakage.md)
- [Inappropriate Intimacy](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/inappropriate-intimacy.md)
- [Zombie Code](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/zombie-code.md)
- [Explicit Boundaries](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/explicit-boundaries.md)
- [Encapsulation](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/encapsulation.md)
- [Information Hiding](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/information-hiding.md)
- [Attack Surface Reduction](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/attack-surface-reduction.md)
- [Risk Management](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/risk-management.md)
- [Transaction Boundary](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/transaction-boundary.md)

## Linked from

- [Anti-patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-anti-patterns.md)
- [Domain Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-domain-architecture.md)
- [Core Modular Design](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-core-modular-design.md)
- [Security / Privacy / Compliance / Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-security-privacy-compliance-governance.md)
- [Transactions / State / Concurrency](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-transactions-state-concurrency.md)