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 TC CC AC Ca Ce A I D V
org.codehaus.wadi.group 20 7 13 3 4 65.0% 57.0% 22.0% 1
org.codehaus.wadi.group.command 4 3 1 0 5 25.0% 100.0% 25.0% 1
org.codehaus.wadi.group.impl 20 14 6 2 7 30.000002% 78.0% 8.0% 1
org.codehaus.wadi.group.vm 16 14 2 0 5 12.0% 100.0% 12.0% 1

Packages

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org.codehaus.wadi.group

Afferent Couplings Efferent Couplings Abstractness Instability Distance
3 4 65.0% 57.0% 22.0%
Abstract Classes Concrete Classes Used by Packages Uses Packages
org.codehaus.wadi.group.Address
org.codehaus.wadi.group.Cluster
org.codehaus.wadi.group.ClusterListener
org.codehaus.wadi.group.Dispatcher
org.codehaus.wadi.group.DispatcherContext
org.codehaus.wadi.group.DispatcherRegistry
org.codehaus.wadi.group.EndPoint
org.codehaus.wadi.group.Envelope
org.codehaus.wadi.group.EnvelopeInterceptor
org.codehaus.wadi.group.EnvelopeListener
org.codehaus.wadi.group.LocalPeer
org.codehaus.wadi.group.Peer
org.codehaus.wadi.group.ServiceEndpoint
org.codehaus.wadi.group.ClusterException
org.codehaus.wadi.group.MessageExchangeException
org.codehaus.wadi.group.NoOpEnvelopeInterceptor
org.codehaus.wadi.group.PeerInfo
org.codehaus.wadi.group.Quipu
org.codehaus.wadi.group.QuipuException
org.codehaus.wadi.group.StaticDispatcherRegistry
org.codehaus.wadi.group.command
org.codehaus.wadi.group.impl
org.codehaus.wadi.group.vm
java.io
java.lang
java.util
org.apache.commons.logging

org.codehaus.wadi.group.command

Afferent Couplings Efferent Couplings Abstractness Instability Distance
0 5 25.0% 100.0% 25.0%
Abstract Classes Concrete Classes Used by Packages Uses Packages
org.codehaus.wadi.group.command.ClusterCommand
org.codehaus.wadi.group.command.BootPeerResponse
org.codehaus.wadi.group.command.BootRemotePeer
org.codehaus.wadi.group.command.BootRemotePeer$1
None java.io
java.lang
org.apache.commons.logging
org.codehaus.wadi.group
org.codehaus.wadi.group.impl

org.codehaus.wadi.group.impl

Afferent Couplings Efferent Couplings Abstractness Instability Distance
2 7 30.000002% 78.0% 8.0%
Abstract Classes Concrete Classes Used by Packages Uses Packages
org.codehaus.wadi.group.impl.AbstractCluster
org.codehaus.wadi.group.impl.AbstractDispatcher
org.codehaus.wadi.group.impl.AbstractMsgDispatcher
org.codehaus.wadi.group.impl.AbstractMsgMethodDispatcher
org.codehaus.wadi.group.impl.EnvelopeDispatcherManager
org.codehaus.wadi.group.impl.ThreadPool
org.codehaus.wadi.group.impl.AbstractDispatcher$SimpleCorrelationIDFactory
org.codehaus.wadi.group.impl.BasicDispatcherContext
org.codehaus.wadi.group.impl.BasicEnvelopeDispatcherManager
org.codehaus.wadi.group.impl.BasicEnvelopeDispatcherManager$DispatchRunner
org.codehaus.wadi.group.impl.EnvelopeHelper
org.codehaus.wadi.group.impl.EnvelopeLogger
org.codehaus.wadi.group.impl.MsgAndPayloadMsgDispatcher
org.codehaus.wadi.group.impl.MsgAndPayloadMsgDispatcher$1
org.codehaus.wadi.group.impl.PayloadMsgDispatcher
org.codehaus.wadi.group.impl.PayloadMsgDispatcher$1
org.codehaus.wadi.group.impl.PooledExecutorAdapter
org.codehaus.wadi.group.impl.PooledExecutorAdapter$1
org.codehaus.wadi.group.impl.ServiceEndpointBuilder
org.codehaus.wadi.group.impl.ServiceEndpointWrapper
org.codehaus.wadi.group.command
org.codehaus.wadi.group.vm
java.io
java.lang
java.lang.reflect
java.util
java.util.concurrent
org.apache.commons.logging
org.codehaus.wadi.group

org.codehaus.wadi.group.vm

Afferent Couplings Efferent Couplings Abstractness Instability Distance
0 5 12.0% 100.0% 12.0%
Abstract Classes Concrete Classes Used by Packages Uses Packages
org.codehaus.wadi.group.vm.EnvelopeTransformer
org.codehaus.wadi.group.vm.MessageRecorder
org.codehaus.wadi.group.vm.ClusterListenerSupport
org.codehaus.wadi.group.vm.NoOpMessageTransformer
org.codehaus.wadi.group.vm.SerializeMessageTransformer
org.codehaus.wadi.group.vm.SysOutMessageRecorder
org.codehaus.wadi.group.vm.VMAddress
org.codehaus.wadi.group.vm.VMAddressInfo
org.codehaus.wadi.group.vm.VMBroker
org.codehaus.wadi.group.vm.VMClusterAddress
org.codehaus.wadi.group.vm.VMDispatcher
org.codehaus.wadi.group.vm.VMEnvelope
org.codehaus.wadi.group.vm.VMLocalCluster
org.codehaus.wadi.group.vm.VMLocalClusterListener
org.codehaus.wadi.group.vm.VMLocalPeer
org.codehaus.wadi.group.vm.VMPeer
None java.io
java.lang
java.util
org.codehaus.wadi.group
org.codehaus.wadi.group.impl

Cycles

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There are no cyclic dependencies.

Explanation

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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.