# Type-Switch Dispatch

> Dispatching behavior with a switch on an object's type instead of double dispatch through a visitor.

Record: `lexicon:type-switch-dispatch`
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-type-switch-dispatch

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Monolithic Handler](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/monolithic-handler.md) and before [Centralized Interaction Logic](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/centralized-interaction-logic.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

- [Dynamic Dispatch](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/dynamic-dispatch.md)
- [Visitor Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/visitor-pattern.md)

## Linked from

- [Runtime Discovery / Dynamic Binding](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-runtime-discovery-dynamic-binding.md)
- [Behavioral Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-behavioral-patterns.md)