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Naming
Assessments conventions in Java are a set of rules that apply to Java programs,
and are defined in The Java Language Specification. They include
recommendations for naming packages, classes, methods, and variables.
This shot discusses some basic naming conventions in Java.
PascalCasing
PascalCasing is a naming convention where each word in a compound
word is capitalized. "JavaNamingConventions" is an example of a
PascalCased word in Java.
camelCasing
In camelCasing, the first word in a compound word is not capitalized.
"javaNamingConventions" is an example of a camelCased word in Java.
snake_casing
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In snake_casing, underscores separate the words in a compound word.
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Class PascalCase Classes should be named MyClass, Employee
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using PascalCasing, with
the first letter of each
word capitalized. A class
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or a word
representative of an
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Interface PascalCase Interfaces should be Serializable, Runnable
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PascalCasing, with the
first letter of each word
capitalized. An interface
name should be an
adjective.
Method camelCase Method should be main(), print(), println() etc.
named using
camelCasing. Method
names should always
start with a lower case
letter.
Variable camelCase Variables should be num1, name, address
named using
camelCasing. Variable
names should always
start with a lower case
letter.
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Package snake_case Packages should be java, lang, util
(all lower named using
case) snake_casing. Package
names should always
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Below is a code example demonstrating the usage of Java naming
conventions.
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package io.educative.example;
public class Employee{
public static final int MAX_AGE=100; //Constant variable naming convention
private String empName; //Variable naming convention
private int age;
public Employee(String name, int age){ //Constructor naming convention
this.empName=name;
this.age=age;
}
public void setName(String name){ //Method naming convention
this.empName = name;
}
public int getAge(){ //Method naming convention
return age;
}
public static void main(String args){ //Main method naming convention
Employee emp1 = new Employee("John Doe", 30);
System.out.println("Employee Name: "+emp1.empName); //Prints Employee Name
System.out.println("Employee Age: "+emp1.getAge()); //Prints Employee Age
}
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In the above code example, we follow different naming conventions for
different parts of the code. We use PascalCasing for class and interface
names,
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constant variable names. We also use lower case letters for package names.
Following
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the Java naming conventions makes our code more readable and
consistent. It is not mandatory to follow these conventions, but it is
generally a good idea to do so.
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