{"title":"Stability of Java interfaces: a preliminary investigation","authors":"J. Chow, E. Tempero","doi":"10.1145/1985374.1985385","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The attribute of stability is regarded by some as an important attribute of software. Some claims regarding software design quality imply that what are called interfaces in Java are stable. This paper introduces some new metrics for investigating such claims, and presents some preliminary measurements from these metrics, which indicate that developers do not consistently develop stable interfaces.","PeriodicalId":103819,"journal":{"name":"Workshop on Emerging Trends in Software Metrics","volume":"253 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2011-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Workshop on Emerging Trends in Software Metrics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1985374.1985385","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The attribute of stability is regarded by some as an important attribute of software. Some claims regarding software design quality imply that what are called interfaces in Java are stable. This paper introduces some new metrics for investigating such claims, and presents some preliminary measurements from these metrics, which indicate that developers do not consistently develop stable interfaces.