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.
Locating this inspection
- By ID
Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.
OverlyCoupledClass- Via Settings dialog
Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.
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.orjavax.packages) should be counted.Use the Include couplings to library classes option to specify whether references to any library classes should be counted.
Inspection ID: ClassCoupling
Inspection options
Here you can find the description of settings available for the Overly coupled class inspection, and the reference of their default values.
- Class coupling limit
Option ID:
m_limitDefault value:
15- Include couplings to java system classes
Option ID:
m_includeJavaClassesDefault value:
Not selected- Include couplings to library classes
Option ID:
m_includeLibraryClassesDefault value:
Not selected
Suppressing Inspection
You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:
More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:
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