# Validate as a Group

> A technique for validating fields that depend on each other together, in the object that groups them.

Record: `lexicon:validate-as-a-group`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Computation Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/computation-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-validate-as-a-group

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Encapsulate Validation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/encapsulate-validation.md) and before [Precondition Check](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/precondition-check.md).

## Category

- [Correctness / Determinism / Verification](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/correctness-determinism-verification.md)

## Refactors

- [Data Clumps](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/data-clumps.md)

## Linked from

- [Anti-patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-anti-patterns.md)