Cyclomatic Complexity-Based Encapsulation, Data Hiding, and Separation of Concerns - Journal of Software Engineering and Applications

JSEA > Vol.14 No.1, January 2021

Cyclomatic Complexity-Based Encapsulation, Data Hiding, and Separation of Concerns ()

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DOI: 10.4236/jsea.2021.141004 518 Downloads 2,038 Views Citations

Author(s)

Charles W. Butler, Thomas J. McCabe

Affiliation(s)

Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA.

ABSTRACT

Three design principles are prominent in software development-encapsulation, data hiding, and separation of concerns. These principles are used as subjective quality criteria for both procedural and object-oriented applications. The purpose of research is to quantify encapsulation, data hiding, and separation of concerns is quantified using cyclomatic-based metrics. As a result of this research, the derived design metrics, coefficient of encapsulation, coefficient of data hiding, and coefficient of separation of concerns, are defined and applied to production software indicating whether the software has low or high encapsulation, data hiding, and separation of concerns.

KEYWORDS

Object-Oriented Design Methods, Reliability, Complexity Measures, Software Design, Encapsulation, Information Hiding, Separation of Concerns, McCabe Metrics, Coefficient of Encapsulation, Coefficient of Data Hiding, Coefficient of Separation of Concerns

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Butler, C. and McCabe, T. (2021) Cyclomatic Complexity-Based Encapsulation, Data Hiding, and Separation of Concerns. Journal of Software Engineering and Applications, 14, 44-66. doi: 10.4236/jsea.2021.141004.

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