# Template Method Pattern / Inheritance Coupling

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

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

## tensions-with

- [Template Method Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/template-method-pattern.md)
- [Inheritance Coupling](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/inheritance-coupling.md)