{"id":"state-exceeds-table-driven-via-polymorphic-atomicity","text":"The State pattern exceeds table-driven state machines along two independent axes: polymorphic behavior (each state subclass encapsulates state-specific logic that tables cannot express) and engineering precision (explicit atomic transitions via single variable rebinding), combining behavioral richness with transition safety that lookup tables structurally lack.","truth_value":"IN","source":"","source_url":"","source_hash":"","justifications":[{"type":"SL","antecedents":["gof-state-vs-table-driven-key-difference","state-atomicity-enhances-behavioral-modeling"],"outlist":[],"label":"Polymorphism and atomicity independently exceed table-driven capabilities"}],"dependents":[],"metadata":{"source_type":"derived","review_result":"invalid"},"created_at":"2026-06-18T00:02:15+00:00","updated_at":"2026-06-18T06:15:08+00:00","reviewed_at":"2026-06-18T06:15:08+00:00","verified_at":"","retracted_at":"","explanation":{"steps":[{"node":"state-exceeds-table-driven-via-polymorphic-atomicity","truth_value":"IN","reason":"SL justification valid","antecedents":["gof-state-vs-table-driven-key-difference","state-atomicity-enhances-behavioral-modeling"],"label":"Polymorphism and atomicity independently exceed table-driven capabilities"},{"node":"gof-state-vs-table-driven-key-difference","truth_value":"IN","reason":"premise"},{"node":"state-atomicity-enhances-behavioral-modeling","truth_value":"IN","reason":"SL justification valid","antecedents":["gof-state-transitions-explicit-atomic","state-models-behavioral-transitions"],"label":"Previously unused atomicity base belief complements State's depth-1 behavioral modeling claim"},{"node":"gof-state-transitions-explicit-atomic","truth_value":"IN","reason":"premise"},{"node":"state-models-behavioral-transitions","truth_value":"IN","reason":"SL justification valid","antecedents":["strategy-vs-state-distinction","gof-state-vs-table-driven-key-difference","gof-state-object-creation-tradeoff"],"label":"State occupies a unique niche defined by contrast with Strategy (different binding) and tables (different representation), plus its own creation tradeoffs"},{"node":"strategy-vs-state-distinction","truth_value":"IN","reason":"premise"},{"node":"gof-state-object-creation-tradeoff","truth_value":"IN","reason":"premise"}]}}