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## Metric Results

[ summary] [ packages] [ cycles] [ explanations]

The following document contains the results of a JDependmetric analysis. The various metrics are defined at the bottom of this document.

## Summary

[ summary] [ packages] [ cycles] [ explanations]

Package | TC | AC | CC | AC | EC | A | I | D
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
org.apache.commons.configuration | 91 | 10 | 81 | 4 | 37 | 0,11 | 90% | 1%
org.apache.commons.configuration.beanutils | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0,29 | 89% | 17%
org.apache.commons.configuration.event | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0,4 | 67% | 7%
org.apache.commons.configuration.interpol | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 86% | 14%
org.apache.commons.configuration.plist | 21 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 12 | 0,1 | 92% | 2%
org.apache.commons.configuration.reloading | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0,4 | 83% | 23%
org.apache.commons.configuration.tree | 14 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0,29 | 50% | 21%
org.apache.commons.configuration.tree.xpath | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0,17 | 100% | 17%
org.apache.commons.configuration.web | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0,17 | 100% | 17%

## Packages

[ summary] [ packages] [ cycles] [ explanations]

### org.apache.commons.configuration

Afferent Couplings | Efferent Couplings | Abstractness | Instability | Distance
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
4 | 37 | 11% | 90% | 1%

Abstract Classes | Concrete Classes | Used by Packages | Uses Packages
--- | --- | --- | ---
AbstractConfiguration AbstractFileConfiguration AbstractHierarchicalFileConfiguration Configuration ConfigurationBuilder ConfigurationComparator ConfigurationXMLReader FileConfiguration HierarchicalConfiguration$BuilderVisitor HierarchicalConfigurationConverter | AbstractConfiguration$1 AbstractConfiguration$2 AbstractConfiguration$3 AbstractHierarchicalFileConfiguration$FileConfigurationDelegate BaseConfiguration BaseConfigurationXMLReader BaseConfigurationXMLReader$SAXConverter CombinedConfiguration CombinedConfiguration$ConfigData CompositeConfiguration ConfigurationConverter ConfigurationException ConfigurationFactory ConfigurationFactory$AdditionalConfigurationData ConfigurationFactory$CallOptionalMethodRule ConfigurationFactory$ConfigurationBuilder ConfigurationFactory$DigesterConfigurationFactory ConfigurationFactory$FileConfigurationFactory ConfigurationFactory$JNDIConfigurationFactory ConfigurationFactory$PropertiesConfigurationFactory ConfigurationFactory$PropertyListConfigurationFactory ConfigurationFactory$SystemConfigurationFactory ConfigurationKey ConfigurationKey$KeyIterator ConfigurationMap ConfigurationMap$1 ConfigurationMap$ConfigurationSet ConfigurationMap$ConfigurationSet$ConfigurationSetIterator ConfigurationMap$ConfigurationSet$Entry ConfigurationRuntimeException ConfigurationUtils ConfigurationUtils$1 ConversionException DataConfiguration DatabaseConfiguration DefaultConfigurationBuilder DefaultConfigurationBuilder$ConfigurationBeanFactory DefaultConfigurationBuilder$ConfigurationBuilderProvider DefaultConfigurationBuilder$ConfigurationDeclaration DefaultConfigurationBuilder$ConfigurationProvider DefaultConfigurationBuilder$FileConfigurationProvider DefaultConfigurationBuilder$FileExtensionConfigurationProvider DefaultConfigurationBuilder$XMLConfigurationProvider EnvironmentConfiguration HierarchicalConfiguration HierarchicalConfiguration$1 HierarchicalConfiguration$2 HierarchicalConfiguration$3 HierarchicalConfiguration$4 HierarchicalConfiguration$5 HierarchicalConfiguration$CloneVisitor HierarchicalConfiguration$DefinedKeysVisitor HierarchicalConfiguration$DefinedVisitor HierarchicalConfiguration$Node HierarchicalConfiguration$NodeVisitor HierarchicalConfigurationXMLReader HierarchicalConfigurationXMLReader$SAXVisitor HierarchicalXMLConfiguration INIConfiguration JNDIConfiguration MapConfiguration PropertiesConfiguration PropertiesConfiguration$PropertiesReader PropertiesConfiguration$PropertiesWriter PropertiesConfigurationLayout PropertiesConfigurationLayout$PropertyLayoutData PropertyConverter StrictConfigurationComparator SubnodeConfiguration SubsetConfiguration SubsetConfiguration$1 SubsetConfiguration$2 SystemConfiguration XMLConfiguration XMLConfiguration$1 XMLConfiguration$XMLBuilderVisitor XMLConfiguration$XMLFileConfigurationDelegate XMLConfiguration$XMLNode XMLPropertiesConfiguration XMLPropertiesConfiguration$1 XMLPropertiesConfiguration$XMLPropertiesHandler | org.apache.commons.configuration.beanutils org.apache.commons.configuration.plist org.apache.commons.configuration.reloading org.apache.commons.configuration.web | java.awt java.io java.lang java.lang.reflect java.math java.net java.sql java.text java.util javax.naming javax.sql javax.xml.parsers javax.xml.transform javax.xml.transform.dom javax.xml.transform.stream org.apache.commons.collections org.apache.commons.collections.iterators org.apache.commons.collections.map org.apache.commons.collections.set org.apache.commons.configuration.beanutils org.apache.commons.configuration.event org.apache.commons.configuration.interpol org.apache.commons.configuration.plist org.apache.commons.configuration.reloading org.apache.commons.configuration.tree org.apache.commons.digester org.apache.commons.digester.substitution org.apache.commons.digester.xmlrules org.apache.commons.lang org.apache.commons.lang.exception org.apache.commons.lang.text org.apache.commons.logging org.apache.commons.logging.impl org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs org.w3c.dom org.xml.sax org.xml.sax.helpers

### org.apache.commons.configuration.beanutils

Afferent Couplings | Efferent Couplings | Abstractness | Instability | Distance
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1 | 8 | 29% | 89% | 17%

Abstract Classes | Concrete Classes | Used by Packages | Uses Packages
--- | --- | --- | ---
BeanDeclaration BeanFactory | BeanHelper ConfigurationDynaBean ConfigurationDynaClass DefaultBeanFactory XMLBeanDeclaration | org.apache.commons.configuration | java.lang java.lang.reflect java.util org.apache.commons.beanutils org.apache.commons.configuration org.apache.commons.configuration.tree org.apache.commons.lang org.apache.commons.logging

### org.apache.commons.configuration.event

Afferent Couplings | Efferent Couplings | Abstractness | Instability | Distance
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1 | 2 | 40% | 67% | 7%

Abstract Classes | Concrete Classes | Used by Packages | Uses Packages
--- | --- | --- | ---
ConfigurationErrorListener ConfigurationListener | ConfigurationErrorEvent ConfigurationEvent EventSource | org.apache.commons.configuration | java.lang java.util

### org.apache.commons.configuration.interpol

Afferent Couplings | Efferent Couplings | Abstractness | Instability | Distance
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1 | 6 | 0% | 86% | 14%

Abstract Classes | Concrete Classes | Used by Packages | Uses Packages
--- | --- | --- | ---
None | ConfigurationInterpolator ConstantLookup | org.apache.commons.configuration | java.lang java.lang.reflect java.util org.apache.commons.lang org.apache.commons.lang.text org.apache.commons.logging

### org.apache.commons.configuration.plist

Afferent Couplings | Efferent Couplings | Abstractness | Instability | Distance
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1 | 12 | 10% | 92% | 2%

Abstract Classes | Concrete Classes | Used by Packages | Uses Packages
--- | --- | --- | ---
PropertyListConfiguration$DateComponentParser PropertyListParserConstants | ParseException PropertyListConfiguration PropertyListConfiguration$1 PropertyListConfiguration$DateFieldParser PropertyListConfiguration$DateSeparatorParser PropertyListConfiguration$DateTimeZoneParser PropertyListParser PropertyListParser$1 PropertyListParser$JJCalls PropertyListParser$LookaheadSuccess PropertyListParserTokenManager SimpleCharStream Token TokenMgrError XMLPropertyListConfiguration XMLPropertyListConfiguration$1 XMLPropertyListConfiguration$ArrayNode XMLPropertyListConfiguration$PListNode XMLPropertyListConfiguration$XMLPropertyListHandler | org.apache.commons.configuration | java.io java.lang java.math java.net java.text java.util javax.xml.parsers org.apache.commons.codec.binary org.apache.commons.configuration org.apache.commons.lang org.xml.sax org.xml.sax.helpers

### org.apache.commons.configuration.reloading

Afferent Couplings | Efferent Couplings | Abstractness | Instability | Distance
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1 | 5 | 40% | 83% | 23%

Abstract Classes | Concrete Classes | Used by Packages | Uses Packages
--- | --- | --- | ---
ManagedReloadingStrategyMBean ReloadingStrategy | FileChangedReloadingStrategy InvariantReloadingStrategy ManagedReloadingStrategy | org.apache.commons.configuration | java.io java.lang java.net org.apache.commons.configuration org.apache.commons.logging

### org.apache.commons.configuration.tree

Afferent Couplings | Efferent Couplings | Abstractness | Instability | Distance
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
3 | 3 | 29% | 50% | 21%

Abstract Classes | Concrete Classes | Used by Packages | Uses Packages
--- | --- | --- | ---
ConfigurationNode ConfigurationNodeVisitor ExpressionEngine NodeCombiner | ConfigurationNodeVisitorAdapter DefaultConfigurationKey DefaultConfigurationKey$KeyIterator DefaultConfigurationNode DefaultConfigurationNode$SubNodes DefaultExpressionEngine NodeAddData OverrideCombiner UnionCombiner ViewNode | org.apache.commons.configuration org.apache.commons.configuration.beanutils org.apache.commons.configuration.tree.xpath | java.lang java.util org.apache.commons.lang

### org.apache.commons.configuration.tree.xpath

Afferent Couplings | Efferent Couplings | Abstractness | Instability | Distance
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
0 | 8 | 17% | 100% | 17%

Abstract Classes | Concrete Classes | Used by Packages | Uses Packages
--- | --- | --- | ---
ConfigurationNodeIteratorBase | ConfigurationNodeIteratorAttribute ConfigurationNodeIteratorChildren ConfigurationNodePointer ConfigurationNodePointerFactory XPathExpressionEngine | None | java.lang java.util org.apache.commons.configuration.tree org.apache.commons.jxpath org.apache.commons.jxpath.ri org.apache.commons.jxpath.ri.compiler org.apache.commons.jxpath.ri.model org.apache.commons.lang

### org.apache.commons.configuration.web

Afferent Couplings | Efferent Couplings | Abstractness | Instability | Distance
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
0 | 6 | 17% | 100% | 17%

Abstract Classes | Concrete Classes | Used by Packages | Uses Packages
--- | --- | --- | ---
BaseWebConfiguration | AppletConfiguration ServletConfiguration ServletContextConfiguration ServletFilterConfiguration ServletRequestConfiguration | None | java.applet java.lang java.util javax.servlet org.apache.commons.collections.iterators org.apache.commons.configuration

## Cycles

[ summary] [ packages] [ cycles] [ explanations]

Package | Cyclic Dependencies
--- | ---
org.apache.commons.configuration | org.apache.commons.configuration.reloading org.apache.commons.configuration
org.apache.commons.configuration.beanutils | org.apache.commons.configuration org.apache.commons.configuration.reloading org.apache.commons.configuration
org.apache.commons.configuration.plist | org.apache.commons.configuration org.apache.commons.configuration.reloading org.apache.commons.configuration
org.apache.commons.configuration.reloading | org.apache.commons.configuration org.apache.commons.configuration.reloading
org.apache.commons.configuration.web | org.apache.commons.configuration org.apache.commons.configuration.reloading org.apache.commons.configuration

## Explanations

[ summary] [ packages] [ cycles] [ explanations]

The following explanations are for quick reference and are lifted directly from the original JDepend documentation.

Term | Description
--- | ---
Number of Classes | The number of concrete and abstract classes (and interfaces) in the package is an indicator of the extensibility of the package.
Afferent Couplings | The number of other packages that depend upon classes within the package is an indicator of the package's responsibility.
Efferent Couplings | The number of other packages that the classes in the package depend upon is an indicator of the package's independence.
Abstractness | The ratio of the number of abstract classes (and interfaces) in the analyzed package to the total number of classes in the analyzed package. The range for this metric is 0 to 1, with A=0 indicating a completely concrete package and A=1 indicating a completely abstract package.
Instability | The ratio of efferent coupling (Ce) to total coupling (Ce / (Ce + Ca)). This metric is an indicator of the package's resilience to change. The range for this metric is 0 to 1, with I=0 indicating a completely stable package and I=1 indicating a completely instable package.
Distance | The perpendicular distance of a package from the idealized line A + I = 1. This metric is an indicator of the package's balance between abstractness and stability. A package squarely on the main sequence is optimally balanced with respect to its abstractness and stability. Ideal packages are either completely abstract and stable (x=0, y=1) or completely concrete and instable (x=1, y=0). The range for this metric is 0 to 1, with D=0 indicating a package that is coincident with the main sequence and D=1 indicating a package that is as far from the main sequence as possible.
Cycles | Packages participating in a package dependency cycle are in a deadly embrace with respect to reusability and their release cycle. Package dependency cycles can be easily identified by reviewing the textual reports of dependency cycles. Once these dependency cycles have been identified with JDepend, they can be broken by employing various object-oriented techniques.