Extending C & K Metrics suite to determine and analyze the maintainability of JAVA projects

Abstract

Several studies have validated that various metrics are useful indicators of maintenance effort in the procedural paradigm. However, software metrics have rarely been studied in the object-oriented paradigm.The main aim of this research is to analyze the maintainability of java project on the basis of object oriented metrics. Methodology extends C & K metrics suite to predict maintainability of projects. Proposed research defines the two factors for each metrics first one is multiplying factor and second one is including factor. After that effect on maintainability is calculated using these factors. Finally methodology gives the maintainability percentage of java projects.