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NAME

Perl::Critic::Policy::ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitLongChainsOfMethodCalls

DESCRIPTION

A long chain of method calls usually indicates that the code knows too much about the interrelationships between objects. If the code is able to directly navigate far down a network of objects, then when the network changes structure in the future, the code will need to be modified to deal with the change. The code is too tightly coupled and is brittle.

$x = $y->a;           #ok
$x = $y->a->b;        #ok
$x = $y->a->b->c;     #questionable, but allowed by default
$x = $y->a->b->c->d;  #not ok

CONFIGURATION

This policy has one option: max_chain_length which controls how far the code is allowed to navigate. The default value is 3.

AUTHOR

Elliot Shank <perl@galumph.com>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2007 Elliot Shank. All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. The full text of this license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.