Gattached
Gattached is a software design concept that describes the dynamic association of arbitrary metadata with runtime objects without modifying their intrinsic type or class definitions. It enables developers to attach descriptive labels, permissions, auditing tags, or feature flags to objects in a way that can be added, changed, or removed at runtime.
Mechanism: A separate attribute registry or map stores metadata keyed by object identity or a stable handle.
Applications: Gattached supports extensible annotations in frameworks, dynamic policy enforcement, and plugin ecosystems where core data
Design considerations: The approach introduces runtime complexity, potential performance overhead, and risks of unstructured data. Developers
See also: dynamic attributes, metadata, composition patterns, and the GATT Bluetooth profile, which is unrelated but