# Split Hierarchy

> A technique for dividing a class hierarchy whose subtypes do not honor one contract into hierarchies that each do.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Replace Inheritance with Delegation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/replace-inheritance-with-delegation.md) and before [Invert Dependency](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/invert-dependency.md).

## Category

- [SOLID / Object-Oriented Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/solid-object-oriented-design.md)

## Refactors

- [Liskov Substitution Principle](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/liskov-substitution.md)

## Linked from

- [SOLID / Object-Oriented Design](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-solid-object-oriented-design.md)