CRITICAL
Rule Definition
The higher the number of referenced Artifacts, the more difficult the maintenance and evolution is. The updates in referenced Artifacts will need to be tested and taken into account.
Remediation
Modify the source code to reduce the number of Functions with a High Fan-In.
Violation Code Sample
<!--
JavaScriptFanIn.php
-->
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<?php
echo "JavaScript functions - Fan In", "</br>";
?>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
function highFanInOperation() {
document.write("highFanInOperation</br>");
}
function dohighFanInOperation1() {
highFanInOperation();
}
function dohighFanInOperation2() {
highFanInOperation();
}
function dohighFanInOperation3() {
highFanInOperation();
}
function dohighFanInOperation4() {
highFanInOperation();
}
function dohighFanInOperation5() {
highFanInOperation();
}
function dohighFanInOperation6() {
highFanInOperation();
}
dohighFanInOperation1();
dohighFanInOperation2();
dohighFanInOperation3();
dohighFanInOperation4();
dohighFanInOperation5();
dohighFanInOperation6();
</script>
</body>
</html>
Related Technologies
Technical Criterion
Architecture - Object-level Dependencies
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