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content coupling in Java | ||||
subject | fact |
content coupling in Java | can be avoided by
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can occur when you directly modify an instance variable of an instance variable | ||
can occur whenever you modify a public instance variable in a way that designers did not intend | ||
is a subtopic of 9.2 - Principles Leading to Good Design | ||
is a kind of content coupling | ||
content coupling | should be avoided since any modification of data should be easy to find and easy to understand | |
coupling | implies that if you want to reuse one component, you will also have to import all the ones with which it is coupled | |
software quality | is hard to assess |