# Stable Algorithm Skeleton

> The requirement that the overall algorithm's structure stay fixed while specific steps vary.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Shared Behavioral Interface](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/shared-behavioral-interface.md) and before [Stable Element Hierarchy](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/stable-element-hierarchy.md).

## Category

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

## Required by

- [Template Method Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/template-method-pattern.md)

## Linked from

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