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.
Highlights
The importance of software development has never been more critical
Three design principles are prominent in software development-encapsulation, data hiding, and separation of concerns
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
Summary
The importance of software development has never been more critical. Software is a driving force in product and information technology as it provides functionality for a broad range of computer platforms. The sheer volume of software is immeasurable. Existing application portfolios grow annually through the introduction of new applications and maintenance of existing applications. An overriding force in this growth is software quality. A software developer is aware of how critical high quality is to every software solution. Sustaining quality in today’s large software inventories is an ongoing challenge
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