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
net.ep.db4o.activator 2 1 1 1 5 50.0% 83.0% 33.0% 1
net.ep.db4o.annotations 2 0 2 1 2 100.0% 67.0% 67.0% 1
net.ep.db4o.factories 6 4 2 1 5 33.0% 83.0% 17.0% 1
net.ep.db4o.javassist 12 10 2 2 18 17.0% 90.0% 7.0% 1

Packages

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net.ep.db4o.activator

Afferent Couplings Efferent Couplings Abstractness Instability Distance
1 5 50.0% 83.0% 33.0%
Abstract Classes Concrete Classes Used by Packages Uses Packages
net.ep.db4o.activator.TransparentActivation
net.ep.db4o.activator.ProxyActivationSupport
net.ep.db4o.javassist
com.db4o.config
com.db4o.internal
com.db4o.ta
java.lang
net.ep.db4o.javassist

net.ep.db4o.annotations

Afferent Couplings Efferent Couplings Abstractness Instability Distance
1 2 100.0% 67.0% 67.0%
Abstract Classes Concrete Classes Used by Packages Uses Packages
net.ep.db4o.annotations.NoEnhancement
net.ep.db4o.annotations.Persist
None net.ep.db4o.javassist
java.lang
java.lang.annotation

net.ep.db4o.factories

Afferent Couplings Efferent Couplings Abstractness Instability Distance
1 5 33.0% 83.0% 17.0%
Abstract Classes Concrete Classes Used by Packages Uses Packages
net.ep.db4o.factories.Factories
net.ep.db4o.factories.ObjectContainerProvider
net.ep.db4o.factories.BasicFactories
net.ep.db4o.factories.FactoryInvocationHandler
net.ep.db4o.factories.InvalidFactoryException
net.ep.db4o.factories.PersistentFactories
net.ep.db4o.javassist
com.db4o
java.lang
java.lang.reflect
java.util
net.ep.db4o.javassist

net.ep.db4o.javassist

Afferent Couplings Efferent Couplings Abstractness Instability Distance
2 18 17.0% 90.0% 7.0%
Abstract Classes Concrete Classes Used by Packages Uses Packages
net.ep.db4o.javassist.ActivateOnMethodPolicy
net.ep.db4o.javassist.PersistOnMethodPolicy
net.ep.db4o.javassist.ActivateOnAllMethods
net.ep.db4o.javassist.AnnotationPersistencePolicy
net.ep.db4o.javassist.ClassWithFinalMethod
net.ep.db4o.javassist.Enhancer
net.ep.db4o.javassist.JVSTArray
net.ep.db4o.javassist.JVSTClass
net.ep.db4o.javassist.JVSTField
net.ep.db4o.javassist.JVSTReflector
net.ep.db4o.javassist.JVSTReflector$ClassData
net.ep.db4o.javassist.Tools
net.ep.db4o.activator
net.ep.db4o.factories
com.db4o
com.db4o.activation
com.db4o.diagnostic
com.db4o.ext
com.db4o.foundation
com.db4o.internal
com.db4o.reflect
com.db4o.reflect.core
com.db4o.reflect.generic
com.db4o.reflect.jdk
com.db4o.ta
java.lang
java.lang.reflect
java.util
javassist
net.ep.db4o.activator
net.ep.db4o.annotations
net.ep.db4o.factories

Cycles

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Package Package Dependencies
net.ep.db4o.activator net.ep.db4o.javassist
net.ep.db4o.factories
net.ep.db4o.javassist
net.ep.db4o.factories net.ep.db4o.javassist
net.ep.db4o.factories
net.ep.db4o.javassist net.ep.db4o.factories
net.ep.db4o.javassist

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.