# Safe Refactoring

> Changing a system's internal structure with confidence that its observable behavior is preserved.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Safe Defaults](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/safe-defaults.md) and before [Safe Substitution](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/safe-substitution.md).

## Category

- [Core Vocabulary](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/core-vocabulary.md)

## Enabled by

- [Invariant](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/invariant.md)
- [Predictability](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/predictability.md)

## Linked from

- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)
- [Correctness / Determinism / Verification](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-correctness-determinism-verification.md)