Metric Results

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The following document contains the results of a JDepend metric analysis. The various metrics are defined at the bottom of this document.

Summary

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Package Total

Classes
Abstract

Classes
Concrete

Classes
Afferent

Couplings
Efferent

Couplings
Abstractness Instability Distance
com.rhi.architecture.batch 15 7 8 2 15 0.47 88% 35%
com.rhi.architecture.cache 6 4 2 1 3 0.67 75% 42%
com.rhi.architecture.cache.simple 2 0 2 0 6 0 100% 0%
com.rhi.architecture.config 2 0 2 13 4 0 24% 76%
com.rhi.architecture.db 6 0 6 3 14 0 82% 18%
com.rhi.architecture.lang 4 0 4 2 5 0 71% 29%
com.rhi.architecture.logging 12 2 10 13 8 0.17 38% 45%
com.rhi.architecture.parc 41 23 18 8 9 0.56 53% 9%
com.rhi.architecture.parc.adapter 5 3 2 4 9 0.6 69% 29%
com.rhi.architecture.parc.adapter.file 3 2 1 0 9 0.67 100% 67%
com.rhi.architecture.parc.adapter.jdbc 2 2 0 0 11 1 100% 100%
com.rhi.architecture.parc.adapter.jdo 2 1 1 0 11 0.5 100% 50%
com.rhi.architecture.parc.adapter.xml 3 0 3 0 11 0 100% 0%
com.rhi.architecture.parc.channel 2 1 1 1 5 0.5 83% 33%
com.rhi.architecture.parc.filter 4 3 1 1 6 0.75 86% 61%
com.rhi.architecture.resource 6 2 4 15 5 0.33 25% 42%
com.rhi.architecture.resource.shmem 3 1 2 0 4 0.33 100% 33%
com.rhi.architecture.threads 3 1 2 1 2 0.33 67% 0%
com.rhi.architecture.xa 7 3 4 6 9 0.43 60% 3%

Packages

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com.rhi.architecture.cache.simple

Afferent Couplings Efferent Couplings Abstractness Instability Distance
0 6 0% 100% 0%
Abstract Classes Concrete Classes Used by Packages Uses Packages
SimpleCacheFactory

SimpleCacheManager

com.rhi.architecture.cache

com.rhi.architecture.config

com.rhi.architecture.logging

com.rhi.architecture.resource

java.lang

java.util

com.rhi.architecture.parc.channel

Afferent Couplings Efferent Couplings Abstractness Instability Distance
1 5 50% 83% 33%
Abstract Classes Concrete Classes Used by Packages Uses Packages
AbstractChannel

ChannelEvent

com.rhi.architecture.parc

com.rhi.architecture.config

com.rhi.architecture.logging

com.rhi.architecture.parc

java.lang

java.util

com.rhi.architecture.resource.shmem

Afferent Couplings Efferent Couplings Abstractness Instability Distance
0 4 33% 100% 33%
Abstract Classes Concrete Classes Used by Packages Uses Packages
SharedMemory

PersistentSharedMemory

TransientSharedMemory

com.rhi.architecture.resource

java.io

java.lang

java.util

com.rhi.architecture.threads

Afferent Couplings Efferent Couplings Abstractness Instability Distance
1 2 33% 67% 0%
Abstract Classes Concrete Classes Used by Packages Uses Packages
ThreadPool

ThreadPoolImpl

WorkerThread

com.rhi.architecture.parc.adapter

java.lang

java.util

Cycles

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Package Cyclic Dependencies
com.rhi.architecture.batch com.rhi.architecture.config

com.rhi.architecture.resource

com.rhi.architecture.config

com.rhi.architecture.cache com.rhi.architecture.resource

com.rhi.architecture.config

com.rhi.architecture.resource

com.rhi.architecture.cache.simple com.rhi.architecture.config

com.rhi.architecture.resource

com.rhi.architecture.config

com.rhi.architecture.config com.rhi.architecture.resource

com.rhi.architecture.config

com.rhi.architecture.db com.rhi.architecture.config

com.rhi.architecture.resource

com.rhi.architecture.config

com.rhi.architecture.lang com.rhi.architecture.logging

com.rhi.architecture.resource

com.rhi.architecture.config

com.rhi.architecture.resource

com.rhi.architecture.logging com.rhi.architecture.resource

com.rhi.architecture.config

com.rhi.architecture.resource

com.rhi.architecture.parc com.rhi.architecture.config

com.rhi.architecture.resource

com.rhi.architecture.config

com.rhi.architecture.parc.adapter com.rhi.architecture.config

com.rhi.architecture.resource

com.rhi.architecture.config

com.rhi.architecture.parc.adapter.file com.rhi.architecture.logging

com.rhi.architecture.resource

com.rhi.architecture.config

com.rhi.architecture.resource

com.rhi.architecture.parc.adapter.jdbc com.rhi.architecture.config

com.rhi.architecture.resource

com.rhi.architecture.config

com.rhi.architecture.parc.adapter.jdo com.rhi.architecture.config

com.rhi.architecture.resource

com.rhi.architecture.config

com.rhi.architecture.parc.adapter.xml com.rhi.architecture.config

com.rhi.architecture.resource

com.rhi.architecture.config

com.rhi.architecture.parc.channel com.rhi.architecture.config

com.rhi.architecture.resource

com.rhi.architecture.config

com.rhi.architecture.parc.filter com.rhi.architecture.logging

com.rhi.architecture.resource

com.rhi.architecture.config

com.rhi.architecture.resource

com.rhi.architecture.resource com.rhi.architecture.config

com.rhi.architecture.resource

com.rhi.architecture.resource.shmem com.rhi.architecture.resource

com.rhi.architecture.config

com.rhi.architecture.resource

com.rhi.architecture.xa com.rhi.architecture.config

com.rhi.architecture.resource

com.rhi.architecture.config

Explanations

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The following explanations are for quick reference and are lifted directly from the original JDepend documentation .

Term Description
Number of Classes The number of concrete and abstract classes (and interfaces) in the package is an indicator of the extensibility of the package.
Afferent Couplings The number of other packages that depend upon classes within the package is an indicator of the package's responsibility.
Efferent Couplings The number of other packages that the classes in the package depend upon is an indicator of the package's independence.
Abstractness The ratio of the number of abstract classes (and interfaces) in the analyzed package to the total number of classes in the analyzed package. The range for this metric is 0 to 1, with A=0 indicating a completely concrete package and A=1 indicating a completely abstract package.
Instability The ratio of efferent coupling (Ce) to total coupling (Ce / (Ce + Ca)). This metric is an indicator of the package's resilience to change. The range for this metric is 0 to 1, with I=0 indicating a completely stable package and I=1 indicating a completely instable package.
Distance The perpendicular distance of a package from the idealized line A + I = 1. This metric is an indicator of the package's balance between abstractness and stability. A package squarely on the main sequence is optimally balanced with respect to its abstractness and stability. Ideal packages are either completely abstract and stable (x=0, y=1) or completely concrete and instable (x=1, y=0). The range for this metric is 0 to 1, with D=0 indicating a package that is coincident with the main sequence and D=1 indicating a package that is as far from the main sequence as possible.
Cycles Packages participating in a package dependency cycle are in a deadly embrace with respect to reusability and their release cycle. Package dependency cycles can be easily identified by reviewing the textual reports of dependency cycles. Once these dependency cycles have been identified with JDepend, they can be broken by employing various object-oriented techniques.