Another MooseChef decision:
aPackage queryOutgoingReferences
returns all the FamixReferences made from aPackage.
this is implemented by taking all methods (self methods) in the package
and asking them what reference they make.
And we have
FAMIXPackage>>methods
^ self localMethods union: self extensionMethods
So when asking a package what external references it makes, we get
references stemming from methods that extend classes of other packages.
We found this while computing a coupling metric for packages.
So the solution would be easy to implement, but we are not sure what is
the best solution ?
- we could change FAMIXPackage>>methods (methods belong to the package
that owns their class)
- we could change queryOutgoingReferences
(references/invocation/accesses stem from the methods in the classes in
the package, not from the methods in the package)
- or we could change our metric
nicolas
