# Uniform Component Interface

> The requirement that leaves and composites implement one shared interface so clients treat them alike.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Separable Intrinsic State](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/separable-intrinsic-state.md) and before [Indirection](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/indirection.md).

## Category

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

## Required by

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

## Linked from

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