# D.2 Excludes Specifies a set of files, classes or methods to be excluded from processing. This element has no attributes, only nested tags D.2.1 Nested tags - `file` - `class` - `method` Table D.1:聽 Common attributes for all `file`, `class`, `method` tags NameTypeDescriptionDefaultRequired`name``String`The name of the class, method or file. This may also be specified as a [pattern](apds04.html#patterns "D.4.1 Using wildcards").n/aYes D.2.2 Usage Examples ``` <coverage-threshold perProject="50" perClass="60" perMethod="70"/> <excludes> <file>**/*Processor.php</file> <class>Model_Filter_Windows</class> <method>Model_System::execute()</method> </excludes> ```