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StdCyclomaticComplexity

StdCyclomaticComplexity

Complexity directly affects maintenance costs is determined by the number of decision points in a method plus one for the method entry. The decision points include ‘if’, ‘while’, ‘for’, and ‘case labels’ calls.
Generally, numbers ranging from 1-4 denote low complexity, 5-7 denote moderate complexity, 8-10 denote high complexity, and 11+ is very high complexity.
This rule is defined by the following Java class: net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.rule.codesize.StdCyclomaticComplexityRule
Example(s):



public class Foo {    // This has a Cyclomatic Complexity = 12
1   public void example()  {
2       if (a == b || (c == d && e == f))  { // Only one
3           if (a1 == b1) {
                fiddle();
4           } else if a2 == b2) {
                fiddle();
            }  else {
                fiddle();
            }
5       } else if (c == d) {
6           while (c == d) {
                fiddle();
            }
7        } else if (e == f) {
8           for (int n = 0; n < h; n++) {
                fiddle();
            }
        } else{
            switch (z) {
9               case 1:
                    fiddle();
                    break;
10              case 2:
                    fiddle();
                    break;
11              case 3:
                    fiddle();
                    break;
12              default:
                    fiddle();
                    break;
            }
        }
    }
}