# Factory Method Pattern / Inheritance Complexity

> "factory-method-pattern" (design-patterns-core layer) is traded against "Inheritance Complexity" (design-patterns-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Inheritance Complexity" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:factory-method-pattern-inheritance-complexity`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-factory-method-pattern-inheritance-complexity

## tensions-with

- [Factory Method Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/factory-method-pattern.md)
- [Inheritance Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/inheritance-complexity.md)