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+package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.apex.rule.design;
+
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.apex.ast.ASTMethod;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.apex.ast.ASTUserClass;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.apex.ast.ASTUserTrigger;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.apex.metrics.ApexMetrics;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.apex.metrics.api.ApexClassMetricKey;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.apex.metrics.api.ApexOperationMetricKey;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.apex.rule.AbstractApexRule;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.metrics.MetricsUtil;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.metrics.ResultOption;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.properties.PropertyDescriptor;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.properties.PropertyFactory;
+
+import java.util.Stack;
+
+import static net.sourceforge.pmd.properties.constraints.NumericConstraints.positive;
+
+public class CognitiveComplexityRule extends AbstractApexRule {
+
+    private static final PropertyDescriptor<Integer> CLASS_LEVEL_DESCRIPTOR
+            = PropertyFactory.intProperty("classReportLevel")
+            .desc("Total class cognitive complexity reporting threshold")
+            .require(positive())
+            .defaultValue(40)
+            .build();
+
+    private static final PropertyDescriptor<Integer> METHOD_LEVEL_DESCRIPTOR
+            = PropertyFactory.intProperty("methodReportLevel")
+            .desc("Cognitive complexity reporting threshold")
+            .require(positive())
+            .defaultValue(10)
+            .build();
+
+    private Stack<String> classNames = new Stack<>();
+    private boolean inTrigger;
+
+
+    public CognitiveComplexityRule() {
+        definePropertyDescriptor(CLASS_LEVEL_DESCRIPTOR);
+        definePropertyDescriptor(METHOD_LEVEL_DESCRIPTOR);
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public Object visit(ASTUserTrigger node, Object data) {
+        inTrigger = true;
+        super.visit(node, data);
+        inTrigger = false;
+        return data;
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public Object visit(ASTUserClass node, Object data) {
+
+        classNames.push(node.getImage());
+        super.visit(node, data);
+        classNames.pop();
+
+        if (ApexClassMetricKey.COGNITIVE.supports(node)) {
+            int classCognitive = (int) MetricsUtil.computeMetric(ApexClassMetricKey.COGNITIVE, node);
+
+            if (classCognitive >= getProperty(CLASS_LEVEL_DESCRIPTOR)) {
+                int classHighest = (int) ApexMetrics.get(ApexOperationMetricKey.COGNITIVE, node, ResultOption.HIGHEST);
+
+                String[] messageParams = {"class",
+                        node.getImage(),
+                        " total",
+                        classCognitive + " (highest " + classHighest + ")", };
+
+                addViolation(data, node, messageParams);
+            }
+        }
+        return data;
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public final Object visit(ASTMethod node, Object data) {
+
+        if (ApexOperationMetricKey.COGNITIVE.supports(node)) {
+            int cognitive = (int) MetricsUtil.computeMetric(ApexOperationMetricKey.COGNITIVE, node);
+            if (cognitive >= getProperty(METHOD_LEVEL_DESCRIPTOR)) {
+                String opType = inTrigger ? "trigger"
+                        : node.getImage().equals(classNames.peek()) ? "constructor"
+                        : "method";
+
+                addViolation(data, node, new String[] {opType,
+                        node.getQualifiedName().getOperation(),
+                        "",
+                        "" + cognitive, });
+            }
+        }
+
+        return data;
+    }
+
+}