Overly coupled class

Reports classes that reference too many other classes.

Classes with too high coupling can be very fragile, and should probably be split into smaller classes.

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

ClassCoupling

Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | Java | Class metrics

Configure the inspection:

Use the Class coupling limit field to specify the maximum allowed coupling for a class.
Use the Include couplings to java system classes option to specify whether references to system classes (those in the java.or javax. packages) should be counted.
Use the Include couplings to library classes option to specify whether references to any library classes should be counted.

Here you can find the description of settings available for the Overly coupled class inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Last modified: 18 June 2024