Applying object-oriented metrics to Ada 95

  • Authors:
  • William W. Pritchett, IV

  • Affiliations:
  • CACI, Inc.-FEDERAL, Fairfax, VA

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGAda Ada Letters
  • Year:
  • 1996

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Abstract

Ada 95 adds many new and notable features to the Ada 83 standard. The additions include such aspects as object-oriented programming, hierarchical libraries, and protected objects. The enhancements to the language may have a profound impact on the way developers design software in Ada. Consequently, the way in which the new software designs are assessed needs to be addressed. Recent studies suggest traditional functionally-oriented metrics are not applicable to object-oriented software. As a result, new measures are being proposed that may be applicable to object-oriented design. Some of these metrics have been validated on small to medium sized projects written in C++ and Smalltalk. This paper demonstrates how to apply these metrics to Ada 95.