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 +====== Artificial Coupling ======
 +===== Meaning 1 =====
  
 +==== Alternative Terms ====
 +/*i.e. alternative names meaning the same thing*/
 +
 +
 +==== Definition ====
 +An **artificial coupling** is a coupling which is only there for technical reasons.
 +
 +
 +==== Description ====
 +
 +
 +==== Examples ====
 +The following couplings are natural ones:
 +  * ''Library'' depending on ''Book''
 +  * ''Stopwatch'' depending on ''Time''
 +  * ''Order'' depending on ''OrderItem''
 +  * ''OrderProxy'' depending on ''Order''
 +  * ...
 +
 +The following couplings are artificial:
 +  * ''Time'' depending on ''Stopwatch'' (time should be meaningful without a stopwatch)
 +  * ''OrderItem'' depending on ''Order'' (an order item way at least be viewed separately from the order whereas an order without any items is not an order anymore)
 +  * ''Order'' depending on ''DatabaseConnection'' (an order which is not persisted is normally still an order, the dependency is not necessary from a conceptual point of view)
 +  * ''Order'' depending on ''OrderProxy''
 +  * ...
 +
 +
 +==== Alternative Definitions ====
 +/*i.e. slightly different definitions for basically the same thing*/
 +
 +
 +==== See Also ====
 +  * [[Natural Coupling]]
 +  * [[Artificial Class]]
 +
 +==== Further Reading ====
 +
 +
 +----
 +===== Other Meanings =====
 +/*i.e. the same term referring to something different; put short mentions here or better add more detailed descriptions as additional sections */
 +
 +----
 +===== Discussion =====
 +
 +Discuss this wiki article and the term on the corresponding [[talk:glossary:Artificial Coupling|talk page]].
glossary/artificial_coupling.txt · Last modified: 2013-08-11 13:59 by christian