---
title: "DefaultStockAllocationStrategy"
generated: true
---
<GenerationInfo sourceFile="packages/core/src/config/order/default-stock-allocation-strategy.ts" sourceLine="14" packageName="@vendure/core" />

Allocates stock when the Order transitions from `ArrangingPayment` to either
`PaymentAuthorized` or `PaymentSettled`.

```ts title="Signature"
class DefaultStockAllocationStrategy implements StockAllocationStrategy {
    shouldAllocateStock(ctx: RequestContext, fromState: OrderState, toState: OrderState, order: Order) => boolean | Promise<boolean>;
}
```
* Implements: <DocsLink href="/reference/typescript-api/orders/stock-allocation-strategy#stockallocationstrategy">`StockAllocationStrategy`</DocsLink>



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### shouldAllocateStock

<MemberInfo kind="method" type={`(ctx: <a href='/reference/typescript-api/request/request-context#requestcontext'>RequestContext</a>, fromState: <a href='/reference/typescript-api/orders/order-process#orderstate'>OrderState</a>, toState: <a href='/reference/typescript-api/orders/order-process#orderstate'>OrderState</a>, order: <a href='/reference/typescript-api/entities/order#order'>Order</a>) => boolean | Promise<boolean>`}   />




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