Lexicon

Substitutability

Kind: quality-attribute

Layer: Structural Core

Record: lexicon:substitutability

Canonical: Lexicon

The degree to which a component can be replaced by another honoring the same contract without breaking clients.

Listed in Lexicon terms, after Static Safety and before Team Autonomy.

Category

  • Quality Attributes

Contract

  • Substitutability

Enabled by

  • Liskov Substitution Principle

Required by

  • Polymorphism

Linked from

  • SOLID / Object-Oriented Design