# Snapshot/Restore

> The ability to capture an object's state and later restore it to that captured point.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Runtime Behavior Selection](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/runtime-behavior-selection.md) and before [State-Local Behavior](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/state-local-behavior.md).

## Category

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

## Enabled by

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

## Linked from

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