Maintainability Metrics of UML Design
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چکیده
The paper introduces a new object-oriented metric to evaluate maintainability of the software system at the design stage. Unlike well known object-oriented metrics applicable only to one class or to a category of several interconnected classes the proposed one evaluates the degree of extensibility for the whole static design. The metric is based on the main principles of objectoriented design and can be used by designers for evaluation and refining purposes. The results of the experiment on real projects to check this metric are reported. The Java plug-in for calculating this metric in UML Case tools is presented.
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