# Service Locator Pattern / Explicit Dependencies

> "service-locator-pattern" (extensibility-core layer) is traded against "Explicit Dependencies" (extensibility-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Explicit Dependencies" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:explicit-dependencies-service-locator-pattern`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-explicit-dependencies-service-locator-pattern

## tensions-with

- [Service Locator Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/service-locator-pattern.md)
- [Explicit Dependencies](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/explicit-dependencies.md)