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principles:high_cohesion [2013-06-22 20:41] christianprinciples:high_cohesion [2019-05-29 14:50] – [Examples] 154.114.16.134
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 The cohesion of a module is a measure for how well the internal parts of a module (e.g. the methods and attributes of a class) belong together. Having a high cohesion means, that a module should only comprise responsibilities which belong together. The cohesion of a module is a measure for how well the internal parts of a module (e.g. the methods and attributes of a class) belong together. Having a high cohesion means, that a module should only comprise responsibilities which belong together.
  
-Several kinds of cohesion can be distinguished some of which are strong and some of which are loose. So strong forms of coupling should be preferred: FIXME add explanation of cohesion types+Several kinds of cohesion can be distinguished some of which are strong and some of which are loose. So strong forms of coupling should be preferred.
 ===== Rationale ===== ===== Rationale =====
  
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-===== Strategies ===== 
  
-  * Divide one large module into several smaller but more cohesive ones+
 ===== Caveats ===== ===== Caveats =====
  
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 ===== Origin ===== ===== Origin =====
  
 +W. P. Stevens, G. van Niekerk, G. J. Myers, L. L. Constantine: //Structured design//
  
 ===== Evidence ===== ===== Evidence =====
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-  * [[wiki:Examined]] +  * [[wiki:Examined]]: There are metrics that try to measure cohesion and there are studies relating these cohesion measures to the number of errors found during testing (({{page>resources:A Handbook Of Software And Systems Engineering#reference}})). This correlation is evident. The limitation of these studies is that these cohesion metrics cannot represent the cohesion notion completely. 
-  * [[wiki:Accepted]] The concept of high cohesion is widely known and described in several well-known books for example in Craig Larman's //Applying UML and Patterns//+  * [[wiki:Accepted]] The concept of high cohesion is widely known and described in several well-known books for example in {{page>resources:Applying UML And Patterns#reference}}.
  
 /*[[wiki:Questioned]]*/ /*[[wiki:Questioned]]*/
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 ===== Examples ===== ===== Examples =====
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 +==== Class level cohesion ====
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 +Robert Cecil Martin (Uncle Bob) describes maximal cohesion at class level as "a class in which each variable is used by each method".
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 +"In general the more variables a method manipulates the more cohesive that method is to its class." 
 +(Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship - Chapter 10)
  
 ===== Further Reading ===== ===== Further Reading =====
  
-  * Albert Endres and Dieter Rombach: //A Handbook of Software and Systems Engineering//. p. 43pp.+  * Albert Endres and Dieter Rombach: //[[resources:A Handbook of Software and Systems Engineering]]//. p. 43pp.
   * [[wp>Cohesion (computer science)]]   * [[wp>Cohesion (computer science)]]
   * [[wiki>CouplingAndCohesion]]   * [[wiki>CouplingAndCohesion]]
-  * Craig Larman//Applying UML and Patterns – An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and Iterative Development//+  * {{page>resources:Applying UML And Patterns#reference}}
  
 ===== Discussion ===== ===== Discussion =====
  
 Discuss this wiki article and the principle on the corresponding [[talk:principles:High Cohesion|talk page]]. Discuss this wiki article and the principle on the corresponding [[talk:principles:High Cohesion|talk page]].
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