# Telescoping Constructor

> Overloading constructors with ever more parameters to cover optional fields, producing unreadable call sites.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Scattered Construction Logic](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/scattered-construction-logic.md) and before [Controlled Instantiation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/controlled-instantiation.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

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

## Linked from

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