Lexicon

Untyped Payloads

Kind: anti-pattern

Layer: Contracts Core

Record: lexicon:untyped-payloads

Canonical: Lexicon

Accepting data at a boundary with no schema, so malformed or unexpected shapes flow in unchecked.

Listed in Lexicon terms, after Flexible Input and before Dynamic Untyped Boundaries.

Category

  • Schema / Canonical Data / Semantics

Violates

  • Explicit Contracts
  • Data Contract

Negated by

  • Schema Validation

Linked from

  • Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility
  • Schema / Canonical Data / Semantics