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Category Metric Comment RSM Sonar
Function Metrics LOC Lines of Code Per Function, All Functions Yes Yes
eLOC (Effective LOC) Per Function, All Functions Yes Yes
lLOC (Logical Statements LOC) Per Function, All Functions Yes No
FP Function Points Derived from LOC metrics Per Function, All Functions Yes No
Comments Lines Per Function, All Functions Yes Yes
Blank Lines Per Function, All Functions Yes Yes
Physical Lines Per Function, All Functions Yes Yes
Number of Input Parameters Per Function, Yes No
Number of Return Points Per Function, Yes No
Interface Complexity (Parameters + Returns) Per Function, Yes Yes
Cyclomatic Complexity Logical Branching Per Function, All Functions Yes No
Functional Complexity (Interface + Cyclomatic) Per Function, All Functions Yes No
Functional Quality Analysis Per Function, Yes Yes
Number of functions Total, Average, Maximum and Minimums All Functions Yes Yes
Logical Lines All Functions Yes No
Return Points All Functions Yes No
Function Parameters All Functions Yes No
Total Quality Profile All Functions Yes ?
Class Metrics Number of public, private, protected data attributes Per Class, All Classes Yes Yes
Number of public, private, protected methods Per Class, All Classes Yes Yes
Template Type Per Class, Yes No
Inheritance Per Class, Yes No
Depth of Inheritance Tree Per Class, Yes Yes
Number of derived child classes per base class Per Class, Yes Yes
LOC Lines of Code Per Class, All Classes Yes Yes
eLOC (Effective LOC) Per Class, All Classes Yes No
lLOC (Logical Statements LOC) Per Class, All Classes Yes No
Comments Lines Per Class, All Classes Yes Yes
Blank Lines Per Class, All Classes Yes Yes
Physical Lines Per Class, All Classes Yes Yes
Number of Input Parameters Per Class, All Classes Yes No
Number of Return Points Per Class, All Classes Yes No
Interface Complexity (Parameters + Returns) Per Class, All Classes Yes No
Cyclomatic Complexity Logical Branching Per Class, All Classes Yes No
Class Complexity (Interface + Cyclomatic) Per Class, All Classes Yes Yes
Class Quality Analysis RSM Quality Analysis Per Class, Yes No
Total number of classes All Classes Yes Yes
Inheritance Tree All Classes Yes No
Number of Base Classes All Classes Yes Yes
Number of Derived Classes All Classes Yes Yes
Derived/Base Class Ratio All Classes Yes No
Maximum and Average Inheritance Depth All Classes Yes No
Maximum and Average Number of Child Classes All Classes Yes No
Total Quality Profile All Classes Yes ?
Namespace or Package Metrics Number of classes Per Namespace, All Namespace/Packages Yes Yes
Number of functions Per Namespace, All Namespace/Packages Yes Yes
Average functions per class Per Namespace, Yes Yes
Number of public, private, protected data attributes Per Namespace, All Namespace/Packages Yes Yes
Number of public, private, protected methods Per Namespace, All Namespace/Packages Yes Yes
LOC Lines of Code Per Namespace, All Namespace/Packages Yes Yes
eLOC (Effective LOC) Per Namespace, All Namespace/Packages Yes No
lLOC (Logical Statements LOC) Per Namespace, All Namespace/Packages Yes No
Comments Lines Per Namespace, All Namespace/Packages Yes Yes
Blank Lines Per Namespace, All Namespace/Packages Yes Yes
Physical Lines Per Namespace, All Namespace/Packages Yes Yes
Number of Input Parameters Per Namespace, All Namespace/Packages Yes No
Number of Return Points Per Namespace, All Namespace/Packages Yes No
Interface Complexity (Parameters + Returns) Per Namespace, All Namespace/Packages Yes No
Cyclomatic Complexity Logical Branching Per Namespace, All Namespace/Packages Yes No
Package/Namespace Complexity (Interface + Cyclomatic) Per Namespace, All Namespace/Packages Yes No
Quality Analysis RSM Quality Analysis Per Namespace, Yes No
Total Quality Profile All Namespace/Packages Yes ?
File Metrics LOC Lines of Code Yes Yes
eLOC (Effective LOC) Yes No
lLOC (Logical Statements LOC) Yes No
FP Function Points Derived from LOC Yes No
Comments Lines Yes Yes
Blank Lines Yes Yes
Logical and Physical Lines Yes Yes
Comment and White space percentages Yes Yes
Average Character line length Yes No
Memory Allocation and De-allocation metric Yes No
Language Keyword use Yes No
Language Construct use Yes No
Extract Comments per file for understandability rating and spell checking Yes No
Extract Strings per file for spell checking Yes No
Create files in line numbered format for code reviews Yes No
Number of Quality Notices per file Yes No
Metrics differentials between two file version Yes No
Project Metrics Total LOC, eLOC, lLOC, Comment, Blanks, Lines Yes Yes
FP Function Points Derived from LOC metrics Yes No
Total Function Metrics Yes No
Total Class Metrics Yes Yes
Total Namespace Metrics Yes No
Inheritance Tree and Metrics Yes No
Language Keywords, constructs and metrics Yes No
Quality Profile Yes ?
Metric Estimation Factors for software estimates Yes No
Total Language Metrics Example Yes No
Total C, C++ and Header Files Yes No
Total Java Files Yes No
Total Number of Files Yes Yes
Baseline Metric Differential Yes Yes
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