Rule Definition
Avoid Artifacts with High Fan-Out (Fan-Out > X).
The Fan-out of an Artifact is the number of other Artifacts that are referenced in it. When computing the Fan-Out of an Artifact, multiple accesses to the same component of an Artifact are counted as one access.
The threshold is a parameter and can be changed at will.
Artifacts are
Related Technologies
Technical Criterion
CWE-1048 - Invokable Control Element with Large Number of Outward Calls
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