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
argos.bangbang.axis 1 1 0 1 16 0.0% 94.0% 6.0% 1
argos.bangbang.webservice.annotation 1 0 1 2 2 100.0% 50.0% 50.0% 1
argos.bangbang.xmlrpc 3 3 0 0 13 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 1
axis.dynamic 7 5 2 1 14 29.0% 93.0% 22.0% 1

Packages

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argos.bangbang.axis

Afferent Couplings Efferent Couplings Abstractness Instability Distance
1 16 0.0% 94.0% 6.0%
Abstract Classes Concrete Classes Used by Packages Uses Packages
None argos.bangbang.axis.Axis
axis.dynamic
argos.bangbang.jetty6
argos.bangbang.webservice.annotation
argos.metadata
argos.naming
axis.dynamic
java.lang
java.lang.reflect
java.util
java.util.logging
javax.management
org.apache.axis
org.apache.axis.description
org.apache.axis.handlers.soap
org.apache.axis.server
org.apache.axis.transport.http
org.mortbay.jetty.servlet

argos.bangbang.webservice.annotation

Afferent Couplings Efferent Couplings Abstractness Instability Distance
2 2 100.0% 50.0% 50.0%
Abstract Classes Concrete Classes Used by Packages Uses Packages
argos.bangbang.webservice.annotation.WebMethod
None argos.bangbang.axis
argos.bangbang.xmlrpc
java.lang
java.lang.annotation

argos.bangbang.xmlrpc

Afferent Couplings Efferent Couplings Abstractness Instability Distance
0 13 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Abstract Classes Concrete Classes Used by Packages Uses Packages
None argos.bangbang.xmlrpc.RPCServlet
argos.bangbang.xmlrpc.XmlRpc
argos.bangbang.xmlrpc.XmlRpcMapper
None argos.bangbang.jetty6
argos.bangbang.webservice.annotation
argos.metadata
argos.naming
java.lang
java.lang.reflect
java.util
java.util.logging
javax.management
org.apache.xmlrpc
org.apache.xmlrpc.server
org.apache.xmlrpc.webserver
org.mortbay.jetty.servlet

axis.dynamic

Afferent Couplings Efferent Couplings Abstractness Instability Distance
1 14 29.0% 93.0% 22.0%
Abstract Classes Concrete Classes Used by Packages Uses Packages
axis.dynamic.SoapConfiguration
axis.dynamic.SoapInterface
axis.dynamic.AxisServlet2
axis.dynamic.ObjectRPCProvider
axis.dynamic.SoapReceiver
axis.dynamic.SoapServerConfiguration
axis.dynamic.SoapServerConfiguration$1
argos.bangbang.axis
argos.bangbang.axis
java.lang
java.util
java.util.concurrent
javax.xml.namespace
javax.xml.rpc.holders
org.apache.axis
org.apache.axis.constants
org.apache.axis.description
org.apache.axis.encoding
org.apache.axis.handlers.http
org.apache.axis.handlers.soap
org.apache.axis.providers.java
org.apache.axis.transport.http

Cycles

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Package Package Dependencies
argos.bangbang.axis axis.dynamic
argos.bangbang.axis
axis.dynamic argos.bangbang.axis
axis.dynamic

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.