A FRAMEWORK TO MEASURE CLASS COHESION  

作　　者：Xu Baowen Chen Zhenqiang Zhou Yuming(Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096) (State Key Laboratory of Software Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072) 

出　　处：《Journal of Electronics(China)》2003年第1期69-73,共5页电子科学学刊（英文版）

基　　金：Supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(No.60073012),Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu (BK2001004).

摘　　要：Classes are the basic modules in Object-Oriented (OO) software, which consist of attributes and methods. Thus, in OO environment, the cohesion is mainly about how tightly the attributes and methods of classes cohere with each other. This letter discusses the relationships between attributes and attributes, attributes and methods, methods and methods of a class,and the properties of these relationships. Based on these properties, the letter proposes a new framework to measure the cohesion of a class. The approach overcomes the limitations of previous class cohesion measures, which consider only one or two of the three relationships in a class.Classes are the basic modules in Object-Oriented (OO) software, which consist of attributes and methods. Thus, in OO environment, the cohesion is mainly about how tightly the attributes and methods of classes cohere with each other. This letter discusses the relationships between attributes and attributes, attributes and methods, methods and methods of a class, and the properties of these relationships. Based on these properties, the letter proposes a new framework to measure the cohesion of a class. The approach overcomes the limitations of previous class cohesion measures, which consider only one or two of the three relationships in a class.

关 键 词：Object-Orientation(OO) Software measurement Dependence analysis COHESION 

分 类 号：TP311.56[自动化与计算机技术—计算机软件与理论]