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feature envy

noun

feature envy

noun
1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences 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:

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