CRITICAL
Rule Definition
Classes that have too many fields could be redesigned to have fewer fields, possibly through some nested object grouping of some of the information. For example, a class with city/state/zipcode fields could instead have one Address field.
Remediation
Refactor class to have fields less than 5 fields.
Reference
http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexpmd/FlexPMD
Related Technologies
Technical Criterion
Programming Practices - Modularity and OO Encapsulation Conformity
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