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 ===== Context ===== ===== Context =====
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-  * [[contexts:Object-Oriented Design]] +  * [[contexts:Object-Oriented Design]] 
 +  * [[contexts:API Design]] 
 +  * [[contexts:Architecture]]
  
  
-===== Definition =====+===== Principle Statement =====
  
 > "A structure is stable if cohesion is strong and coupling is low."((Albert Endres and Dieter Rombach: //A Handbook of Software and Systems Engineering//. p. 43)) > "A structure is stable if cohesion is strong and coupling is low."((Albert Endres and Dieter Rombach: //A Handbook of Software and Systems Engineering//. p. 43))
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 ===== Rationale ===== ===== Rationale =====
  
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 +===== Strategies =====
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 +
 +===== Caveats =====
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 +See section [[#contrary principles]].
  
  
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 ==== Specializations ==== ==== Specializations ====
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 +  * [[principles:Information Expert]]
  
 ==== Contrary Principles ==== ==== Contrary Principles ====
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 +  * [[principles:Keep It Simple Stupid]]: Following this principle often makes the design more complicated.
  
 ==== Complementary Principles ==== ==== Complementary Principles ====
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 +  * [[principles:Model Principle]]
  
 ==== Principle Collections ==== ==== Principle Collections ====
  
  
-===== Example =====+===== Examples =====
  
  
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   * Albert Endres and Dieter Rombach: //A Handbook of Software and Systems Engineering//. p. 43pp.   * Albert Endres and Dieter Rombach: //A Handbook of Software and Systems Engineering//. p. 43pp.
 +  * Glenford J. Myers: //Reliable Software through Composite Design//
 +  * [[wp>Loose coupling]], [[wp>Coupling (computer programming)]]
 +  * [[wp>Cohesion (computer science)]]
 +  * [[wiki>CouplingAndCohesion]]
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 +===== Discussion =====
  
 +Discuss this wiki article and the principle on the corresponding [[talk:principles:Constantine's Law|talk page]].
principles/constantine_s_law.txt · Last modified: 2021-10-18 21:21 by christian