Protected Internal Methods

API ID: CountDeclMethodProtectedInternal
Languages: C#
Targets: Architectures, Classes, Project

Number of local protected internal methods.

A protected internal method (C#'s protected internal access modifier) is accessible from anywhere in the same assembly, or from derived classes in other assemblies.

For example:

namespace MetricsDemo
{
    public class AccessModifiers
    {
        internal int InternalField;
        protected internal int ProtectedInternalField;

        internal void InternalMethod()
        {
            InternalField++;
        }

        protected internal void ProtectedInternalMethod()
        {
            ProtectedInternalField++;
        }
    }
}

ProtectedInternalMethod() is the only protected internal method, giving CountDeclMethodProtectedInternal = 1. InternalMethod() is plain internal — a narrower access level — so it doesn't count here.

See Methods for the total across all access levels, and Internal Methods for the related access level. Public Methods, Protected Methods, and Private Methods cover the access levels shared with C++ and Java, and Default Methods covers Java's package-private methods.

Targets By Language:

• C#: Project, Class, Struct

Configuration:

• 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.