TY  - JOUR
T1  - Developing a Maintainability Metric for Inner Classes
AU - Tee, Sim Hui 
JO  - Asian Journal of Information Technology
VL  - 9
IS  - 2
SP  - 98
EP  - 100
PY  - 2010
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1682-3915
DO  - ajit.2010.98.100
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ajit.2010.98.100
KW  - Software maintainability
KW  -inner classes
KW  -object-oriented programming
KW  -software metric
KW  -outer classes
KW  -class complexity
AB  - Inner classes are widely used in some programming languages, such as Java. Inner classes are known as helper classes which are defined within outer class. They play the role to assist their outer class in performing a specific task. However, extensive use of inner classes may cause difficulty in software maintenance. This research proposes a maintainability metric for inner classes. The maintainability metric provides a guideline for software developers to define maintainable inner classes in an application.
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