Abstract
Software metrics are widely used to measure software complexity and assure software quality. However, research in the field of the software complexity measurement of a class hierarchy has not yet been carefully studied. In this paper, we introduce a novel factor named unit repeated inheritance (URI) and an important method named inheritance level technique (ILT) to realize and measure the object-oriented software complexity of a class hierarchy. The approach is based on the graph-theoretical model for measuring the hierarchical complexity in inheritance relations. The proposed metrics extraction shows that inheritance has a close relation to the object-oriented software measurement and reveals that overuse of the repeated (multiple) inheritance will increase software complexity and be prone to implicit software errors.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 238-245 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| State | Published - 1997 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE Conference and Workshop on Engineering of Computer-Based Systems - Monterey, CA, USA Duration: 24 Mar 1997 → 28 Mar 1997 |
Conference
| Conference | Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE Conference and Workshop on Engineering of Computer-Based Systems |
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| City | Monterey, CA, USA |
| Period | 24/03/97 → 28/03/97 |