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Ramy Al Zuhouri
Ramy Al Zuhouri

Reputation: 21986

Getter method for final field name

It may seem a trivial question, but I've searched a lot and couldn't find an answer.
If I have a final field like this: 

private final double DEGREES;

The variabile is written in caps because it's final, but shall also the getter method be in caps? So it would be getDEGREES or getDegress?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1626

Answers (3)

Nefron
Nefron

Reputation: 709

If that is a constant, you can expose it without a getter, as a static field. That seems to be the standard practice.

Upvotes: 3

GHz
GHz

Reputation: 471

Proper naming convention for getters, would be getDegrees

Upvotes: 0

Jeffrey
Jeffrey

Reputation: 44808

It should be getDegrees. And, in my opinion, the only fields that should be in all caps are some static final ones. Member fields that are final do not need to be in all caps.

/edit
Indeed, Oracle's Java code conventions say to only to have static final constants in all caps, all member variables should be in lowerCamelCase.

Upvotes: 9

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