Object Oriented Metrics

The increasing importance of software measurement has led to development of new software measures. Many metrics have been proposed related to various constructs like class, coupling, cohesion, inheritance, information hiding and polymorphism. The central role that software development plays in the delivery and application of information technology, managers are increasingly focusing on process improvement in the software development area. it is very difficult for project managers and practitioners to select measures for object-oriented systems. This demand has spurred the provision of a number of new and/or improved approaches to software development, with perhaps the most prominent being object-orientation (OO).Tthe focus on process improvement has increased the demand for software measures, or metrics with which to manage the process. The need for such metrics is particularly acute when an organization is adopting a new technology for which established practices have yet to be developed. This research addresses these needs through the development and implementations of a suite of metrics for OO design.Object-oriented metrics require the use of classes. In VB classic, a class is a .cls or a .ctl file (class and usercontrol). In VB.NET, a class is defined by a Class block. VB.NET Structures and Interfaces are not regarded to as classes, whereas abstract classes are.