external coupling concept from the Object Oriented Software Engineering knowledge base

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external coupling

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external coupling can be reduced by
reducing the number of places in the code where such dependencies exist
using the facade pattern
2001-08-30 14:55:34.0
has definition A form of coupling in which a software component has a dependency to software written by a third party, or to a particular type of hardware
is a subtopic of 9.2 - Principles Leading to Good Design
is a kind of coupling

coupling implies that if you want to reuse one component, you will also have to import all the ones with which it is coupled 2001-08-30 14:55:07.0

software quality is hard to assess 2001-08-30 14:57:42.0

external coupling	can be reduced by reducing the number of places in the code where such dependencies exist using the facade pattern
	has definition A form of coupling in which a software component has a dependency to software written by a third party, or to a particular type of hardware
	is a subtopic of 9.2 - Principles Leading to Good Design
	is a kind of coupling
coupling	implies that if you want to reuse one component, you will also have to import all the ones with which it is coupled
software quality	is hard to assess