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Meaning of leaky abstraction | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An abstraction that undesirably exposes details and limitations of its underlying implementation.

Examples

“This is a classic case of leaky abstraction. Repository is supposed to abstract away any concerns around querying the database, but now what we are doing here is returning an IQueryable<T> to the consuming code and asking it to build the queries, thus leaking the abstraction that is supposed to be hidden into repository.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

leaky brain syndrome leaky bucket leaky gut syndrome leaky weir Leal Lealholm