Max Essential Complexity

API ID: MaxEssential
Languages: Ada, Basic, C#, C++, Fortran, Java, Jovial, Pascal, Python, Rust, Web
Targets: Architectures, Classes, Files, Modules, Packages, Project

Maximum essential complexity of all nested functions or methods.

For example:

class SayHello {
public:
  SayHello() {}
  void printHello();
};

void SayHello::printHello() {
  switch (i) {
    ...
  }
}

void cyclomaticDemo() {
  ...
}

int func();          // declared here, not defined - excluded from aggregates

int main() {
  ...
}

SayHello(), printHello(), cyclomaticDemo(), and main() have Essential Complexity of 1, 3, 1, and 1. func() is only declared, not defined, so it isn't counted. For the SayHello class, the maximum is 3. For the whole file (sample.cpp), the maximum is 3.

See Sum and Average Essential Complexity for the other aggregations.

Targets By Language:

• Ada: Project, File, Package
• Basic: Project, File, Module, Class, Struct
• C#: Project, File, Class, Struct
• C++: Project, File, Class, Struct, Union
• Fortran: Project, File
• Java: Project, File, Class, Interface
• Jovial: Project, File
• Pascal: Project, File, Class, Interface, Compunit
• Python: Project, File, Class
• Rust: Project, File
• Web: Project, File, PHP Class, PHP Interface

Configuration:

• For projects and architectures, this metric must also be enabled from "Project Configuration/Metrics/Projects and Architectures" with the "Show aggregated function metrics" option.
• This metric can be enabled from "Project Configuration/Metrics/Complexity" with the "Essential" option.