== Why is this an issue?

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=== Noncompliant code example

With a threshold of 5:

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class Foo {                        // Noncompliant - Foo depends on too many classes: T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6 and T7
  T1 a1;                           // Foo is coupled to T1
  T2 a2;                           // Foo is coupled to T2
  T3 a3;                           // Foo is coupled to T3

  public T4 compute(T5 a, T6 b) {  // Foo is coupled to T4, T5 and T6
    T7 result = a.getResult(b);    // Foo is coupled to T7
    return result;
  }

  public static class Bar {        // Compliant - Bar depends on 2 classes: T8 and T9
    T8 a8;
    T9 a9;
  }
}
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