Yes, but on the other hand, from the coupling point of view my class depends on Random, meaning if Random changes it might affect type.
So probably, if we use your terms, both logical and physical dependencies must be considered. On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 9:16 PM, Keith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Nov 30, 2:50 am, Lev Danielyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But, coming back to ndepend, it claims the list is for "direct" > > dependencies. > > But, I don't think going up the inheritance tree makes sense in terms > > of coupling. > > After all, we need direct dependencies, and if, for example my type > > inherits AccessViolationException, > > I actually shouldn't care about anything higher in the tree than > > AccessViolationException. > > > > What do you think? > > Hmm. I have to think about it. Let's analyze what makes sense > to regard as a direct dependency. I can think of two approaches: > 1. "Logical" - Class C is directly dependent on class D if the > programmer must know about it to fully use the class. > 2. "Physical" - Class C is directly dependent on class D if the > runtime must know about it to load the class and its methods. > > In both cases, I think *all* base types must be included, since > both programmer and runtime must know what (public) fields and > methods are inherited. Programmer needs to know the attributes > from base types since they can be inherited. It's not so clear > that the runtime needs it per se, but any code which reflects > classes to find attributes will need them. (Are any inheritable > attributes required by the runtime?) > > Given these approaches, in your example, System.Random must be > regarded as a physical dependency (the runtime must have a reference > to that class to create the body of test()), but it is not a > logical dependency since it appears only in a method body, not > in any signature. Therefore, my take is that NDepend finds > physical dependencies. > > > -- Best Regards, Lev Danielyan Phone (cell.): +374 93 975557 Phone (work): +374 10 591829 Phone (home): +374 10 566701 http://www.linkedin.com/in/levdanielyan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ -- mono-cecil -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
