Architecture Smells

Design issues at the system level.

Table of Contents

• Cyclic Dependency: “Allow no cycles in the component dependency graph.”
• Hub-like Dependency / God Component: A component with too many dependencies.
• Leaking Abstraction: Implementation details bubbling up.
• Lava Flow: Dead code accumulating at project level.
• Poltergeists: Short-lived, useless controller classes.