Package org.somox.metrics.basic

Class AfferentCoupling

java.lang.Object

org.somox.metrics.abstractmetrics.AbstractMetric

org.somox.metrics.abstractmetrics.AbstractCountingMetric

org.somox.metrics.basic.AfferentCoupling

All Implemented Interfaces:

IMetric

public class AfferentCoupling
extends AbstractCountingMetric

Afferent coupling (Ca): The number of types outside this assembly that depend on types within this assembly. High afferent coupling indicates that the concerned assemblies have many responsibilities. see http://www.ndepend.com/Metrics.aspx#AfferentCoupling

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final MetricID	METRIC_ID

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AfferentCoupling()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
MetricID	getMID()	Returns the Metric ID of the Metric
protected void	internalComputeDirected(ClusteringRelation relationToCompute)	Template method to be implemented by subclasses to effectively compute the metric value
boolean	isCommutative()

Methods inherited from class org.somox.metrics.abstractmetrics.AbstractCountingMetric

isNormalised

Methods inherited from class org.somox.metrics.abstractmetrics.AbstractMetric

calculateUnion, calculateUnion, checkMetricPostCondition, checkMetricPreCondition, computeDirected, getAccessGraphCache, getComponentToClassHelper, getLaunchConfigurationTab, getMetric, getMetricParameters, initialize

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

METRIC_ID

public static final MetricID METRIC_ID

Constructor Details

AfferentCoupling

public AfferentCoupling()

Method Details

internalComputeDirected

protected void internalComputeDirected(ClusteringRelation relationToCompute)

Description copied from class: AbstractMetric

Template method to be implemented by subclasses to effectively compute the metric value

Specified by:

internalComputeDirected in class AbstractMetric

Parameters:

relationToCompute - The relation to compute

getMID

public MetricID getMID()

Description copied from interface: IMetric

Returns the Metric ID of the Metric

Returns:

the metric id of the instance

isCommutative

public boolean isCommutative()

Specified by:

isCommutative in interface IMetric

Specified by:

isCommutative in class AbstractMetric

Returns:

true if the metric gives the same result if firstComponent and secondComponent are swapped