Rule Definition
Avoid Programs with a high Fan-in. Avoid Artifacts with High Fan-In (Fan-In > X). The Fan-In of an Artifact is the number of other Artifacts that are referencing it. When computing the Fan-In of an Artifact, multiple accesses to it from the same Artifact are counted as one access. The threshold level is a parameter that can be changed at will.
Related Technologies
Technical Criterion
Architecture - Object-level Dependencies
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