VB.net

VB.net Metrics

Constant Data

  • Mnemonic ACST

  • Description Number of constant data

Fiend Attributes

  • Mnemonic AFRI

  • Description Number of Friend Attributes

Number of Attributes

  • Mnemonic ANBR

  • Description Number of attributes

Andthen Operators

  • Mnemonic ANTH

  • Description Number of 'andthen' operators

Public Data

  • Mnemonic APBL

  • Description Number of public data

Protected Data

  • Mnemonic APRT

  • Description Number of protected data

Private data

  • Mnemonic APRV

  • Description Number of private data

Shadowed Attributes

  • Mnemonic ASHD

  • Description Number of Shadowed Attributes

Shared Attributes

  • Mnemonic ASHR

  • Description Number of Shared Attributes

Number of comment blocks

  • Mnemonic BCOM

  • Description Number of comment blocks.

Header Blocks Of Comment

  • Mnemonic BHCO

  • Description Number block of comment placed before the beginning of the artefact.

Blank Lines

  • Mnemonic BLAN

  • Description Number of blank lines of code in the source file(s).

Brace Lines

  • Mnemonic BRAC

  • Description Number of lines of code containing only a brace in the source file(s).

Break in Loop

  • Mnemonic BRKL

  • Description Number of 'break' statements in loop in the function

Stop Statements

  • Mnemonic BRKP

  • Description Number of Stop Statements (Breakpoints)

Break in Switch

  • Mnemonic BRKS

  • Description Number of 'break' statements in 'switch' in the function

Case Blocks

  • Mnemonic CABL

  • Description Number of 'case' blocks in 'switch' in the function

Case Labels

  • Mnemonic CASE

  • Description Number of 'case' labels in the function

Catch Statements

  • Mnemonic CATC

  • Description Number of 'catch' statements in the function

Cyclomatic Complexity

  • Mnemonic CCN

  • Description Number of linearly independent paths in the function control graph.

Control Flow Token

  • Mnemonic CFT

  • Description Number of tokens in the control flow of functions

Call Graph Depth

  • Mnemonic CGDM

  • Description Maximum depth of the call graph.

Comment Lines

  • Mnemonic CLOC

  • Description Number of lines of comments in the source file(s).

Continue Statements

  • Mnemonic CONT

  • Description Number of 'continue' statements in the function

Commented Statements

  • Mnemonic CSTAT

  • Description Number of Commented Statements.

Minimum Number of Cycles

  • Mnemonic CYCL

  • Description Minimum number of call graph cycles in which the function is involved (including recursivity).

Depth of Descendant Tree

  • Mnemonic DDT

  • Description Maximun depth of the inheritance tree from the class

Default Statement

  • Mnemonic DEFT

  • Description Number of 'default' blocks in 'switch' in the function

Depth of Inheritance Tree

  • Mnemonic DIT

  • Description Maximun depth of the class inheritance tree

Distinct Operands

  • Mnemonic DOPD

  • Description Number of distinct operands: variables and constants ([Halstead,76]: n2)

Distinct Operators

  • Mnemonic DOPT

  • Description Number of distinct operators: language keywords ([Halstead,76]: n1)

Do While Statements

  • Mnemonic DOWH

  • Description Number of 'do...while' statements in the function

Friend Events

  • Mnemonic EFRI

  • Description Number of Friend Events

Else Statements

  • Mnemonic ELSE

  • Description Number of 'else' statements

Events

  • Mnemonic ENBR

  • Description Number of Events

Public Events

  • Mnemonic EPBL

  • Description Number of Public Events

Protected Events

  • Mnemonic EPRT

  • Description Number of Protected Events

Private Events

  • Mnemonic EPRV

  • Description Number of Private Events

Shadowed Events

  • Mnemonic ESHD

  • Description Number of Shadowed Events

Shared Events

  • Mnemonic ESHR

  • Description Number of Shared Events

Call to exit

  • Mnemonic EXIT

  • Description Number of calls to the exit function

For Statements

  • Mnemonic FOR

  • Description Number of 'for' statements in the function

Structures Added

  • Mnemonic SADD

  • Description Number of control structures added since the previous version.

Structures Modified

  • Mnemonic SMOD

  • Description Number of control structures modified since the previous version.

Structures Removed

  • Mnemonic SREM

  • Description Number of control structures removed since the previous version.

Number of Structures

  • Mnemonic SSIZ

  • Description Number of control structures: iterations, selections, sequences

Goto Statements

  • Mnemonic GOTO

  • Description Number of 'goto' statements

Header Lines Of Comment

  • Mnemonic HCOM

  • Description Number of comment lines placed before the beginning of the artefact.

Header Lines Of Code

  • Mnemonic HLOC

  • Description Number of lines between the function or class definition and the first opening brace.

Cloned Code

  • Mnemonic ICC

  • Description Duplicated code in this artefact

Cloned Control Flow Tokens

  • Mnemonic ICFTC

  • Description Number of duplicated tokens in control flow of functions

If Statements

  • Mnemonic IF

  • Description Number of 'if' statements

End Statements

  • Mnemonic KILL

  • Description Number of End Statements

Line Count

  • Mnemonic LC

  • Description Number of lines.

Loop Statements

  • Mnemonic LOOP

  • Description Number of loop statements in the function

Declare Members

  • Mnemonic MDEC

  • Description Number of Declare Members

Delegate Members

  • Mnemonic MDEL

  • Description Number of Delegate Members

Friend Members

  • Mnemonic MFRI

  • Description Number of Friend Members

Multiple Inheritance Indicator

  • Mnemonic MII

  • Description Number of classes from which the class inherits directly

Mixed Lines

  • Mnemonic MLOC

  • Description Number of lines containing both code and comment in the source files.

Must Members

  • Mnemonic MMST

  • Description Number of Must Members

Methods without Accessibility

  • Mnemonic MNON

  • Description Number of methods without any accessibility specifier

Partial Members

  • Mnemonic MPAR

  • Description Number of Partial Members

Public Methods

  • Mnemonic MPBL

  • Description Number of public methods

Protected Methods

  • Mnemonic MPRT

  • Description Number of protected methods

Private Methods

  • Mnemonic MPRV

  • Description Number of private methods

Shadowed Members

  • Mnemonic MSHD

  • Description Number of Shadowed Members

Shared Members

  • Mnemonic MSHR

  • Description Number of Shared Members

Number of Ancestors

  • Mnemonic NAC

  • Description Number of classes from which the class inherits directly or indirectly

Number of Descendants

  • Mnemonic NDC

  • Description Number of classes which inherit from the class directly or indirectly

Maximum Nested Structures

  • Mnemonic NEST

  • Description Maximum number of nested structures

Number Of Children

  • Mnemonic NOC

  • Description Number of classes which inherit directly from the class

Number of Methods

  • Mnemonic NOM

  • Description Number of methods defined in the class

Number of Parameters

  • Mnemonic NOP

  • Description Number of formal parameters in the function

Non-Cyclic Paths

  • Mnemonic PATH

  • Description Number of non-cyclic paths in the function.

Orelse operators

  • Mnemonic OREL

  • Description Number of 'orelse' operators

% of parsed tokens

  • Mnemonic PARSE

  • Description Percent of parsed tokens

Friend Properties

  • Mnemonic PFRI

  • Description Number of Fiend Properties

Must Properties

  • Mnemonic PMST

  • Description Number of Must Properties

Properties

  • Mnemonic PNBR

  • Description Total number of properties

Public Properties

  • Mnemonic PPBL

  • Description Number of public properties

Protected Properties

  • Mnemonic PPRT

  • Description Number of protected properties

Private Properties

  • Mnemonic PPRV

  • Description Number of private properties

Shadowed Properties

  • Mnemonic PSHD

  • Description Number of Shadowed Properties

Shared Properties

  • Mnemonic PSHR

  • Description Number of Shared Properties

Return Statements

  • Mnemonic RETURN

  • Description Number of 'return' statements in the function

Repeated Code Blocks

  • Mnemonic RS

  • Description Duplicated blocks in the function

Skipped Lines of Comment code

  • Mnemonic SKLC

  • Description Skipped Lines of Comment code i.e. lines that match a user defined regular expression to skip lines of comments.

Source Lines Of Code

  • Mnemonic SLOC

  • Description Number of lines of source code in the source file(s).

Executable Statements

  • Mnemonic STAT

  • Description Total number of executable statements.

Switch Statements

  • Mnemonic SWIT

  • Description Number of 'switch' statements in the function

Ternary operators

  • Mnemonic TERN

  • Description Number of ternary operators i.e. ?:

Throw Statements

  • Mnemonic THRO

  • Description Number of 'throw' statements in the function

Operand Occurrences

  • Mnemonic TOPD

  • Description Number of occurrences of operands: variables and constants ([Halstead,76]: N2)

Operator Occurrences

  • Mnemonic TOPT

  • Description Number of occurrences of operators: language keywords ([Halstead,76]: N1)

Try Statements

  • Mnemonic TRY

  • Description Number of 'try' statements in the function

Lines Added

  • Mnemonic LADD

  • Description Number of lines added since the previous version.

Lines Modified

  • Mnemonic LMOD

  • Description Number of lines modified since the previous version.

Lines Removed

  • Mnemonic LREM

  • Description Number of lines removed since the previous version.

While Statements

  • Mnemonic WHIL

  • Description Number of 'while' statements in the function

VB.net Ruleset

Backward Goto shall not be used

  • Mnemonic BWGOTO

  • Description Backward gotos shall not be used.

Missing Case Else clause

  • Mnemonic CASEELSE

  • Description The final clause of a Select statement shall be the Case Else clause.

Missing final else

  • Mnemonic ELSEFINAL

  • Description All if ... else if constructs shall be terminated with an else clause (see [MISRA-C:2004]: RULE 14.10).

Use of Exit Do statement

  • Mnemonic EXITDO

  • Description Do not use Exit Do statement to break a Do loop.

Use of Exit Function statement

  • Mnemonic EXITFCT

  • Description Do not use Exit Function statement, use Return instead.

Use of Exit For statement

  • Mnemonic EXITFOR

  • Description Do not use Exit For statement to break a For loop.

Use of Exit Property statement

  • Mnemonic EXITPROP

  • Description Do not use Exit Property statement, use Return instead.

Use of Exit Select statement

  • Mnemonic EXITSELECT

  • Description Do not use Exit Select statement to exit a Select statement.

Use of Exit Sub statement

  • Mnemonic EXITSUB

  • Description Do not use Exit Sub statement.

Use of Exit Try statement

  • Mnemonic EXITTRY

  • Description Do not use Exit Try statement to exit a Try statement.

Use of Exit While statement

  • Mnemonic EXITWHILE

  • Description Do not use Exit While statement to break a While loop.

Factorizable Classes

  • Mnemonic CAC_CL

  • Description Consider classes refactorization

Factorizable Files

  • Mnemonic CAC_FI

  • Description Consider files refactorization

Factorizable Functions

  • Mnemonic CAC_FN

  • Description Consider functions refactorization

Factorizable Packages

  • Mnemonic CAC_PKG

  • Description Consider packages refactorization

Cloned Classes

  • Mnemonic CC_CL

  • Description There shall be no duplicated classes

Cloned Files

  • Mnemonic CC_FI

  • Description There shall be no duplicated files

Cloned Functions

  • Mnemonic CC_FN

  • Description There shall be no duplicated functions

Cloned Algorithmic

  • Mnemonic CFTC_FN

  • Description There shall be no algorithmic cloning

Continue shall not be used

  • Mnemonic NOCONT

  • Description The 'continue' statement shall not be used (see [MISRA-C:2004]: RULE 14.5).

FIXME shall not be commited in sources code

  • Mnemonic R_NOFIXME

  • Description FIXME shall not be commited in sources code as it brings confusion regarding code reliability.

GOTO shall not be used

  • Mnemonic NOGOTO

  • Description A unconditional GOTO shall not be used to jump outside the paragraph.

Avoid Duplicated Blocks in Function

  • Mnemonic RS_FN

  • Description There shall be no duplicated parts in functions

TODO shall not be commited in sources code

  • Mnemonic R_NOTODO

  • Description TODO shall not be commited in sources code as it brings confusion regarding code reliability.

No case in Select

  • Mnemonic ONECASE

  • Description Every Select statement shall have at least one case clause.

Relaxed violation

  • Mnemonic RELAX

  • Description A rule violation is relaxed and justified.

Multiple exits are not allowed

  • Mnemonic RETURN

  • Description A function shall have a single point of exit at the end (see [MISRA-C:2004]: RULE 14.7).

Multiple Exit Do statement

  • Mnemonic SGLEXITDO

  • Description For any iteration statement there shall be at most one Exit statement used for loop termination.

Multiple Exit (Function, Sub or Property) statement

  • Mnemonic SGLEXITFCT

  • Description A Function, Sub or Property must have only one Exit statement.

Multiple Exit For statement

  • Mnemonic SGLEXITFOR

  • Description For any iteration statement there shall be at most one Exit statement used for loop termination.

Multiple Exit While statement

  • Mnemonic SGLEXITWHILE

  • Description For any iteration statement there shall be at most one Exit statement used for loop termination.