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This rule raises an issue when the inheritance tree, starting from `Object`, has a greater depth than is allowed.

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== Implementation Specification
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=== Message

This {0} has {1} parents which is greater than {2} authorized.


=== Parameters

.max
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_Integer_

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5
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Maximum depth of the inheritance tree. (Number)
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.filteredClasses
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_String_

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""
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Comma-separated list of classes or records to be filtered out of the count of inheritance. Depth counting will stop when a filtered class or record is reached. For example: System.Windows.Controls.UserControl, System.Windows.*
****


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