Tools: Preventing Architectural Drift in Object-Oriented Systems — A Structural Approach with Clprolf

A Structural Locking Approach ## Locking the Nature at Creation Time ## From Description to Commitment ## Structural Discipline, Not Convention ## Why This Matters Most large object-oriented systems do not collapse because of lack of expressiveness. They collapse because of architectural drift. Classes are created with clear intentions. Over time, responsibilities expand. Boundaries blur. Layers mix. The name remains. The nature changes. This is not a failure of developers. It is a structural weakness of unconstrained class design. What if the nature of a component had to be declared — and respected — from the start? Clprolf enforces a simple but powerful rule: Every component must explicitly belong to one of two ontological categories: This is not a naming convention. It is a structural constraint. Once declared, a component cannot silently migrate across layers. Inheritance must respect ontological boundaries. Responsibility is not only described. It is positioned. The keyword for changes the mindset. A class is no longer just a named container. It is a construct for a declared ontological role. This small syntactic shift forces a conceptual commitment. Many architectural principles exist as guidelines: Clprolf encodes part of this discipline directly into the language. It does not rely only on human vigilance. It reduces the surface for structural drift. In small systems, discipline is enough. In large, long-lived systems, discipline erodes. Clprolf introduces a structural locking mechanism that: It does not reduce what can be built. It changes how responsibility evolves. And that difference can be decisive. Templates let you quickly answer FAQs or store snippets for re-use. Are you sure you want to hide this comment? It will become hidden in your post, but will still be visible via the comment's permalink. Hide child comments as well For further actions, you may consider blocking this person and/or reporting abuse CODE_BLOCK: class Sorter Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode CODE_BLOCK: class Sorter CODE_BLOCK: class Sorter CODE_BLOCK: public class_for agent Sorter Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode CODE_BLOCK: public class_for agent Sorter CODE_BLOCK: public class_for agent Sorter - Domain (agent / model / abstraction) - Technical (worker_agent / infrastructure layer) - separate concerns - avoid God Objects - respect layers - apply SOLID - stabilizes ontological boundaries, - constrains illegitimate inheritance, - clarifies the meaning of a class from the start.