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Class with Excessively Deep Inheritance

CWE-1074 · Base · Incomplete

A class has an inheritance level that is too high, i.e., it has a large number of parent classes.

Extended description

While the interpretation of "large number of parent classes" may vary for each product or developer, CISQ recommends a default maximum of 7 parent classes.

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ChildOfCWE-1093 · Excessively Complex Data Representation
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