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Overly coupled class

Reports classes that reference too many other classes.

Classes with too high coupling can be very fragile, and should probably be split into smaller classes.

Configure the inspection:

  • Use the Class coupling limit field to specify the maximum allowed coupling for a class.

  • Use the Include couplings to java system classes option to specify whether references to system classes (those in the java.or javax. packages) should be counted.

  • Use the Include couplings to library classes option to specify whether references to any library classes should be counted.

Inspection options

Option

Type

Default

Class coupling limit

Number

15

Include couplings to java system classes

Checkbox

false

Include couplings to library classes

Checkbox

false

Inspection Details

Available in:

IntelliJ IDEA 2023.3, Qodana for JVM 2023.3

Plugin:

Java, 233.SNAPSHOT

Last modified: 13 July 2023