Instance Variables is one of the source-code metrics Understand computes across 17+ languages — browse them in the GUI, export and track them, or script them with the Python API.
Instance Variables
API ID: CountDeclInstanceVariableAlso Known As: Number of Instance Variables (NIV)
Languages: Basic, C#, C++, Java, Pascal, Python, Web
Targets: Architectures, Classes, Files, Project
Number of instance variables.
Variables defined in a class that are only accessible through an object of that class.
Also known as Number of Instance Variables (NIV).
Targets By Language:
- Basic: Project, Class, Struct
- C#: Project, Class, Struct
- C++: Project, Class, Struct, Union
- Java: Project, File, Class, Interface
- Pascal: Project, Class, Interface
- Python: Project, Class
- Web: Project, PHP Class, PHP Interface
- For projects and architectures, this metric must also be enabled from "Project Configuration/Metrics/Projects and Architectures" with the "Show aggregated class metrics" option. Enabling this option can be time consuming.
- This metric can be disabled from "Project Configuration/Metrics/Object Orientated" with the "Show method and variable count metrics" option.