CQE-9165: Class with Excessive Number of Child Classes

 
Class with Excessive Number of Child Classes
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Quality Issue ID: 9165 Maturity: Preliminary
+ Description

Description Summary

A class contains an unnecessarily large number of children.

Extended Description

This pattern identifies situations where the number of children of the class element is considered as too large, based on its number of child classes which exceeds the default threshold value of 10.

+ Relationships
NatureTypeIDNameView(s) this relationship pertains to
View
ChildOf
Ch
Characteristic		9034Maintainability
Default Graph (primary)9001
ChildOf
Pr
Practice		9157Inheritance and Polymorphism
Quality Issues Organized by Practices (primary)9002
CanPrecede
Co
Consequence		9113Excessive Modification Effort
Default Graph (primary)9001

Related Taxonomy Entries

TaxonomyVersionRelated ID
ASCMM1ASCMM-MNT-18
+ References
"Automated Source Code Maintainability Measure (ASCMM)". ASCMM-MNT-18. v1.0. Object Management Group (OMG). 2016-01-01. <http://www.omg.org/spec/ASCMM/1.0>.
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