Re: Static Method ? Static Variable ?

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From: Benjamin Johnston
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 00:00

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> I think the convention is to name variable in the following way.
> 
> String eat;
> static String _eat = "this";
> final static String EAT = "this"; // I my self use all caps for finals
> (globals).
> 
Actually, the static variable should not have a proceeding
underscore... In fact the java naming conventions state that, "Variable
names should not start with underscore _ or dollar sign $ characters,
even though both are allowed".

You are correct on the other examples, though.

See:
http://java.sun.com/docs/codeconv/html/CodeConventions.doc8.html#34851

-Benjamin Johnston
s355171@student.uq.edu.au

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