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Java static code analysis

Unique rules to find Bugs, Vulnerabilities, Security Hotspots, and Code Smells in your JAVA code

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Filtered: 13 rules found
architecture
    Impact
      Clean code attribute
        1. Circular dependencies between classes across packages should be resolved

           Code Smell
        2. Circular dependencies between classes in the same package should be resolved

           Code Smell
        3. The Singleton design pattern should be used with care

           Code Smell
        4. Methods should not perform too many tasks (aka Brain method)

           Code Smell
        5. Classes should not depend on an excessive number of classes (aka Monster Class)

           Code Smell
        6. Cognitive Complexity of methods should not be too high

           Code Smell
        7. Inner classes should not have too many lines of code

           Code Smell
        8. Methods should not be too complex

           Code Smell
        9. Classes should not have too many methods

           Code Smell
        10. Methods should not have too many lines

           Code Smell
        11. Classes should not be coupled to too many other classes

           Code Smell
        12. Inheritance tree of classes should not be too deep

           Code Smell
        13. Files should not have too many lines of code

           Code Smell

        Methods should not perform too many tasks (aka Brain method)

        adaptability - focused
        maintainability
        Code Smell
        • architecture
        • design

        Methods should not perform too many tasks (Brain Method).

        Why is this an issue?

        How can I fix it?

        More Info

        This issue is raised when Sonar considers that a method is a 'Brain Method'.
        A Brain Method is a method that tends to centralize its owner’s class logic and generally performs too many operations. This can include checking too many conditions, using lots of variables, and ultimately making it difficult to understand, maintain and reuse.
        It is characterized by high LOC number, high cyclomatic and cognitive complexity, and a large number of variables being used.

        What is the potential impact?

        Brain Methods are often hard to cover with tests, because of their deep nesting, and they are error-prone, because of the many local variables they usually introduce. Such methods will be very hard to read and understand for anyone outside who created them, and therefore hard to maintain and fix if bugs get spotted.
        They also enable code duplication since the method itself can hardly be reused anywhere else.

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