Subsystem-API Bypassed

Bypassing the subsystem-API and directly accessing the internal implementation of the component is a practice that is not only common, but also potentially fatal. The clients actually unauthorizedly expand the subsystem-API.

Related smells: Leaky Encapsulation Visibility of Dependency Graphs

Reference

M. Lippert, S. Roock, “Refactoring in Large Software Projects: Performing Complex Restructurings Successfully”. John Wiley and Sons, 2006.