diff --git a/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/overlayscrollbars/lifecycles/StructureLifecycle.ts b/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/overlayscrollbars/lifecycles/StructureLifecycle.ts
index 4defdee..ab4b3fe 100644
--- a/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/overlayscrollbars/lifecycles/StructureLifecycle.ts
+++ b/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/overlayscrollbars/lifecycles/StructureLifecycle.ts
@@ -9,21 +9,17 @@ import {
   topRightBottomLeft,
   TRBL,
   equalTRBL,
-  createCache,
   optionsTemplateTypes as oTypes,
-  transformOptions,
-  validateOptions,
   OptionsTemplateValue,
-  assignDeep,
 } from 'support';
-import { Lifecycle } from 'overlayscrollbars/lifecycles';
+import { createLifecycleBase, Lifecycle } from 'overlayscrollbars/lifecycles';
 import { getEnvironment, Environment } from 'environment';
 import { createSizeObserver } from 'overlayscrollbars/observers/SizeObserver';
 import { createTrinsicObserver } from 'overlayscrollbars/observers/TrinsicObserver';
 
 export type OverflowBehavior = 'hidden' | 'scroll' | 'visible-hidden' | 'visible-scroll';
 export interface StructureLifecycleOptions {
-  paddingAbsolute?: boolean;
+  paddingAbsolute: boolean;
   overflowBehavior?: {
     x?: OverflowBehavior;
     y?: OverflowBehavior;
@@ -34,13 +30,6 @@ interface StructureLifecycleCache {
 }
 
 const overflowBehaviorAllowedValues: OptionsTemplateValue<OverflowBehavior> = 'visible-hidden visible-scroll scroll hidden';
-const { _template: optionsTemplate, _options: defaultOptions } = transformOptions<Required<StructureLifecycleOptions>>({
-  paddingAbsolute: [false, oTypes.boolean],
-  overflowBehavior: {
-    x: ['scroll', overflowBehaviorAllowedValues],
-    y: ['scroll', overflowBehaviorAllowedValues],
-  },
-});
 
 const classNameHost = 'os-host';
 const classNameViewport = 'os-viewport';
@@ -51,12 +40,6 @@ const cssMarginEnd = cssProperty('margin-inline-end');
 const cssBorderEnd = cssProperty('border-inline-end');
 
 export const createStructureLifecycle = (target: HTMLElement, initialOptions?: StructureLifecycleOptions): Lifecycle<StructureLifecycleOptions> => {
-  const options: Required<StructureLifecycleOptions> = assignDeep(
-    {},
-    defaultOptions,
-    validateOptions<StructureLifecycleOptions>(initialOptions || {}, optionsTemplate)._validated
-  );
-
   const destructFns: (() => any)[] = [];
   const env: Environment = getEnvironment();
   const scrollbarsOverlaid = env._nativeScrollbarIsOverlaid;
@@ -68,15 +51,30 @@ export const createStructureLifecycle = (target: HTMLElement, initialOptions?: S
   const viewportElm = createDOM(`<div class="${classNameViewport} ${classNameViewportScrollbarStyling}"></div>`)[0];
   const contentElm = createDOM(`<div class="${classNameContent}"></div>`)[0];
 
-  const updateCache = createCache<StructureLifecycleCache>({
-    padding: [() => topRightBottomLeft(target, 'padding'), equalTRBL],
-  });
+  const { _options, _update, _cacheChange } = createLifecycleBase<StructureLifecycleOptions, StructureLifecycleCache>(
+    {
+      paddingAbsolute: [false, oTypes.boolean],
+      overflowBehavior: {
+        x: ['scroll', overflowBehaviorAllowedValues],
+        y: ['scroll', overflowBehaviorAllowedValues],
+      },
+    },
+    {
+      padding: [() => topRightBottomLeft(target, 'padding'), equalTRBL],
+    },
+    initialOptions,
+    (changedOptions, changedCache) => {
+      console.log(changedOptions); // eslint-disable-line
+      console.log(changedCache); // eslint-disable-line
+    }
+  );
 
+  // eslint-disable-next-line
   const onSizeChanged = (direction?: 'ltr' | 'rtl') => {
-    updateCache('padding');
+    _cacheChange('padding');
   };
   const onTrinsicChanged = (widthIntrinsic: boolean, heightIntrinsic: boolean) => {
-    console.log('heightAuot', heightIntrinsic);
+    console.log('heightAuot', heightIntrinsic); // eslint-disable-line
   };
 
   appendChildren(viewportElm, contentElm);
@@ -88,14 +86,8 @@ export const createStructureLifecycle = (target: HTMLElement, initialOptions?: S
   destructFns.push(createTrinsicObserver(target, onTrinsicChanged));
 
   return {
-    _options(newOptions?: StructureLifecycleOptions) {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line
-      console.log('_options', newOptions);
-    },
-    _update(force?: boolean) {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line
-      console.log('_options', force);
-    },
+    _options,
+    _update,
     _destruct() {
       runEach(destructFns);
       removeElements(viewportElm);
diff --git a/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/overlayscrollbars/lifecycles/index.ts b/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/overlayscrollbars/lifecycles/index.ts
index 96eb28e..efde8ab 100644
--- a/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/overlayscrollbars/lifecycles/index.ts
+++ b/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/overlayscrollbars/lifecycles/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,75 @@
+import {
+  CacheUpdateInfo,
+  CachePropsToUpdate,
+  CacheChanged,
+  OptionsWithOptionsTemplate,
+  OptionsValidated,
+  transformOptions,
+  validateOptions,
+  assignDeep,
+  createCache,
+} from 'support';
 import { PlainObject } from 'typings';
 
-export interface Lifecycle<T = PlainObject> {
-  _options(options?: T): void;
+interface LifecycleUpdateHints<O, C> {
+  _force?: boolean;
+  _changedOptions?: OptionsValidated<O>;
+  _changedCache?: CachePropsToUpdate<C>;
+}
+
+interface AbstractLifecycle<O extends PlainObject> {
+  _options(newOptions?: O): O;
   _update(force?: boolean): void;
+}
+
+export interface Lifecycle<T extends PlainObject> extends AbstractLifecycle<T> {
   _destruct(): void;
 }
+
+export interface LifecycleBase<O extends PlainObject, C extends PlainObject> extends AbstractLifecycle<O> {
+  _cacheChange(cachePropsToUpdate?: CachePropsToUpdate<C>): void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Creates a object which can be seen as the base of a lifecycle because it provides all the tools to manage a lifecycle and its options, cache and base functions.
+ * @param defaultOptionsWithTemplate A object which describes the options and the default options of the lifecycle.
+ * @param cacheUpdateInfo A object which describes how cache updates shall behave.
+ * @param initialOptions The initialOptions for the lifecylce. (Can be undefined)
+ * @param updateFunction The update function where cache and options updates are handled. Has two arguments which are the changedOptions and the changedCache objects.
+ */
+export const createLifecycleBase = <O, C>(
+  defaultOptionsWithTemplate: OptionsWithOptionsTemplate<Required<O>>,
+  cacheUpdateInfo: CacheUpdateInfo<C>,
+  initialOptions: O | undefined,
+  updateFunction: (changedOptions: OptionsValidated<O>, changedCache: CacheChanged<C>) => any
+): LifecycleBase<O, C> => {
+  const { _template: optionsTemplate, _options: defaultOptions } = transformOptions<Required<O>>(defaultOptionsWithTemplate);
+  const options: Required<O> = assignDeep({}, defaultOptions, validateOptions<O>(initialOptions || ({} as O), optionsTemplate)._validated);
+  const cacheChange = createCache<C>(cacheUpdateInfo);
+
+  const update = (hints: LifecycleUpdateHints<O, C>) => {
+    const force = hints._force === true;
+    const changedCache = cacheChange(force ? undefined : hints._changedCache, force);
+    const changedOptions = force ? ({} as O) : hints._changedOptions || ({} as O);
+
+    updateFunction(changedOptions, changedCache);
+  };
+
+  return {
+    _options(newOptions?: O) {
+      if (newOptions) {
+        const { _validated: changedOptions } = validateOptions(newOptions, optionsTemplate, options, true);
+        assignDeep(options, changedOptions);
+
+        update({ _changedOptions: changedOptions });
+      }
+      return options;
+    },
+    _update: (force?: boolean) => {
+      update({ _force: force });
+    },
+    _cacheChange: (cachePropsToUpdate?: CachePropsToUpdate<C>) => {
+      update({ _changedCache: cachePropsToUpdate });
+    },
+  };
+};
diff --git a/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/support/cache/cache.ts b/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/support/cache/cache.ts
index 8930d5f..28ca662 100644
--- a/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/support/cache/cache.ts
+++ b/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/support/cache/cache.ts
@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@ type Cache<T> = {
 
 type UpdateCacheProp<T> = <P extends keyof T>(prop: P, value: T[P], compare: CacheEqualFunction<T, P> | null) => void;
 
-type PropsToUpdate<T> = Array<keyof T> | keyof T;
+export type CachePropsToUpdate<T> = Array<keyof T> | keyof T;
 
 export type CacheUpdateFunction<T, P extends keyof T> = (current?: T[P], previous?: T[P]) => T[P];
 
 export type CacheEqualFunction<T, P extends keyof T> = (a?: T[P], b?: T[P]) => boolean;
 
+export type CacheChange<T> = (propsToUpdate?: CachePropsToUpdate<T>, force?: boolean) => CacheChanged<T>;
+
 export type CacheChanged<T> = {
   [P in keyof T]?: T[P];
 };
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ export type CacheUpdateInfo<T> = {
  * @returns A function which can be called with wither one ar an array of properties which shall be updated. Optionally it can be called with the force param.
  * This function returns a object which contains all changed cache properties, if a property isn't in this object it means that it didn't change.
  */
-export const createCache = <T>(cacheUpdateInfo: CacheUpdateInfo<T>): ((propsToUpdate?: PropsToUpdate<T>, force?: boolean) => CacheChanged<T>) => {
+export const createCache = <T>(cacheUpdateInfo: CacheUpdateInfo<T>): CacheChange<T> => {
   const cache: Cache<T> = {} as T;
   const allProps: Array<keyof T> = keys(cacheUpdateInfo) as Array<keyof T>;
 
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ export const createCache = <T>(cacheUpdateInfo: CacheUpdateInfo<T>): ((propsToUp
     return result;
   };
 
-  return (propsToUpdate?: PropsToUpdate<T>, force?: boolean) => {
+  return (propsToUpdate?: CachePropsToUpdate<T>, force?: boolean) => {
     const finalPropsToUpdate: Array<keyof T> =
       (isString(propsToUpdate) ? ([propsToUpdate] as Array<keyof T>) : (propsToUpdate as Array<keyof T>)) || allProps;
     each(finalPropsToUpdate, (prop) => {
diff --git a/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/support/options/index.ts b/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/support/options/index.ts
index f43dcdc..646cd1a 100644
--- a/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/support/options/index.ts
+++ b/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/support/options/index.ts
@@ -19,9 +19,12 @@ export type OptionsTemplate<T extends Required<T>> = {
     ? OptionsTemplateValue<T[P]>
     : never;
 };
-export type OptionsValidatedResult<T> = {
+export type OptionsValidated<T> = {
+  [P in keyof T]?: T[P];
+};
+export type OptionsValidationResult<T> = {
   readonly _foreign: PlainObject;
-  readonly _validated: T;
+  readonly _validated: OptionsValidated<T>;
 };
 // Options With Options Template Typings:
 export type OptionsWithOptionsTemplateValue<T extends OptionsTemplateNativeTypes> = [T, OptionsTemplateValue<T>];
diff --git a/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/support/options/validation.ts b/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/support/options/validation.ts
index 86670bd..e4e5a84 100644
--- a/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/support/options/validation.ts
+++ b/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/support/options/validation.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { each, indexOf, hasOwnProperty, keys } from 'support/utils';
 import { type, isArray, isUndefined, isEmptyObject, isPlainObject, isString } from 'support/utils/types';
-import { OptionsTemplate, OptionsTemplateTypes, OptionsTemplateType, Func, OptionsValidatedResult } from 'support/options';
+import { OptionsTemplate, OptionsTemplateTypes, OptionsTemplateType, Func, OptionsValidationResult, OptionsValidated } from 'support/options';
 import { PlainObject } from 'typings';
 
 const { stringify } = JSON;
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ const validateRecursive = <T extends PlainObject>(
   optionsDiff: T,
   doWriteErrors?: boolean,
   propPath?: string
-): OptionsValidatedResult<T> => {
-  const validatedOptions: T = {} as T;
+): OptionsValidationResult<T> => {
+  const validatedOptions: OptionsValidated<T> = {};
   const optionsCopy: T = { ...options };
   const props = keys(template).filter((prop) => hasOwnProperty(options, prop));
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ const validateRecursive = <T extends PlainObject>(
     // if the template has a object as value, it means that the options are complex (verschachtelt)
     if (templateIsComplex && isPlainObject(optionsValue)) {
       const validatedResult = validateRecursive(optionsValue, templateValue as PlainObject, optionsDiffValue, doWriteErrors, propPrefix + prop);
-      validatedOptions[prop] = validatedResult._validated;
+      validatedOptions[prop] = validatedResult._validated as any;
       optionsCopy[prop] = validatedResult._foreign as any;
 
       each([optionsCopy, validatedOptions], (value) => {
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ const validateOptions = <T extends PlainObject>(
   template: OptionsTemplate<Required<T>>,
   optionsDiff?: T,
   doWriteErrors?: boolean
-): OptionsValidatedResult<T> => {
+): OptionsValidationResult<T> => {
   /*
     if (!isEmptyObject(foreign) && doWriteErrors)
         console.warn(`The following options are discarded due to invalidity:\r\n ${window.JSON.stringify(foreign, null, 2)}`);
diff --git a/packages/overlayscrollbars/types/support/options/validation.d.ts b/packages/overlayscrollbars/types/support/options/validation.d.ts
index 90756c8..7b24af5 100644
--- a/packages/overlayscrollbars/types/support/options/validation.d.ts
+++ b/packages/overlayscrollbars/types/support/options/validation.d.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { OptionsTemplate, OptionsTemplateType, Func, OptionsValidatedResult } from 'support/options';
+import { OptionsTemplate, OptionsTemplateType, Func, OptionsValidationResult } from 'support/options';
 import { PlainObject } from 'typings';
 declare const optionsTemplateTypes: OptionsTemplateTypesDictionary;
-declare const validate: <T extends PlainObject<any>>(options: T, template: OptionsTemplate<Required<T>>, optionsDiff?: T | undefined, doWriteErrors?: boolean | undefined) => OptionsValidatedResult<T>;
+declare const validate: <T extends PlainObject<any>>(options: T, template: OptionsTemplate<Required<T>>, optionsDiff?: T | undefined, doWriteErrors?: boolean | undefined) => OptionsValidationResult<T>;
 export { validate, optionsTemplateTypes };
 declare type OptionsTemplateTypesDictionary = {
     readonly boolean: OptionsTemplateType<boolean>;