Title :
Microscopic coupling metrics for refactoring
Author :
Joshi, Padmaja ; Joshi, Rushikesh K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol. Bombay, Mumbai
Abstract :
It is observed that most object oriented coupling metrics are macroscopic, which makes them unsuitable for making finer refactoring decisions. The notions of microscopic viewpoints and coupling projections are introduced. Existing metrics are classified in terms of viewpoints and projections. Two microscopic metrics called relative method coupling (RMC) and relative inward coupling (RIC) are introduced, and a method of applying them to refactoring is discussed. A case study is also included
Keywords :
object-oriented programming; software metrics; coupling projection; microscopic coupling metrics; object oriented coupling metrics; refactoring decision; relative inward coupling; relative method coupling; Computer science; Encapsulation; Life testing; Message passing; Microscopy; Packaging; Robustness; Runtime; Software maintenance; Software testing;
Conference_Titel :
Software Maintenance and Reengineering, 2006. CSMR 2006. Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bari
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2536-9
DOI :
10.1109/CSMR.2006.32
