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feature envy

feature envy noun: the situation where one class in a program makes excessive use of parts of other classes.

Noun

feature envy (uncountable)

  1. The situation where one class in a program makes excessive use of parts of other classes.
    • A class with feature envy of another class means it is highly coupled to that class. Any change to the class being envied means it affects the class with the envy.2010, Peter Ritchie, Refactoring with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN

Questions about feature envy

What does feature envy mean?
Feature envy means the situation where one class in a program makes excessive use of parts of other classes.
What part of speech is feature envy?
Feature envy is a noun.

Words near feature envy in the dictionary

  1. feature back
  2. feature backs
  3. feature control frame
  4. feature control frames
  5. feature creep
  6. feature envy
  7. feature film
  8. feature films
  9. feature phone
  10. feature phones
  11. feature stories

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