JDepend

JDepend parses Java class files and directories, calculating design quality metrics.

It automatically measures the quality of a design in terms of its extensibility, reusability, and maintainability to manage package dependencies effectively.

Documentation is included with the download package.

A PHP version of JDepend can be downloaded from here (PHP Depend).

Features:

• Measure Design Quality
• Package Release Modules
• Foster Parallel, Extreme Programming
• Identify Package Dependency Cycles
• Invert Dependencies
• Isolate Third-Party Package Dependencies
• Metrics:
• Number of Classes and Interfaces
• Afferent Couplings
• Package Dependency Cycles
• Distance from the Main Sequence
• Instability
• Abstractness

What is new in this release:

• Fixed the GUI runner to support the -components option.