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title: Avoid Classes With Too Many Public Methods
description: "Impact Area Manageability Severity Medium Affected Element Apex Class Rule ID **SF-0015** ## Impact Classes with large numbers of public methods and attributes require disproportionate testing efforts. ## Remediation Refactor your classes to reduce the number of public methods in…"
url: "https://community-staging.qualityclouds.com/qcdocs/qc/pmd-rules/avoid-classes-with-too-many-public-methods/"
updated: "2025-03-21"
category: PMD Rules
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# Avoid Classes With Too Many Public Methods

Impact Area

Manageability

           Severity

Medium

           Affected Element

Apex Class

Rule ID

**SF-0015**

## Impact

Classes with large numbers of public methods and attributes require disproportionate testing efforts.

## Remediation

Refactor your classes to reduce the number of public methods in each one of them.

### Time to fix

60 min