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heijp06
heijp06

Reputation: 11808

Which is recommended: "static public" or "public static"

If you have a class member that is static and public. Would you write static public or public static? I know they are the same. But is there some recommendation / best practice for writing this?

Upvotes: 48

Views: 28059

Answers (4)

John Goering
John Goering

Reputation: 39059

I personally would go with public static because it's more important that it's public than that it's static.

And check this: http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_modifier.html

As well as this: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/second_edition/html/classes.doc.html (These two links are for Java, but the concept is the same)

Short version: "public static" is recommended and is far more common.

Upvotes: 4

Stewart Johnson
Stewart Johnson

Reputation: 14449

When nothing else matters, go with consistency. In this case the rest of the world uses public static, so I'd go with that too just to avoid unnecessary surprise in those reading your code.

Upvotes: 15

Mark Heath
Mark Heath

Reputation: 49522

see this question

If you download the Microsoft StyleCop Visual Studio addin, it can validate your source code against the rules Microsoft use. It likes the access modifier to come first.

Upvotes: 24

Firas Assaad
Firas Assaad

Reputation: 25780

"public static" is far more common, so you might want to go with that just to increase readability for programmers who never stumbled upon "static public".

Upvotes: 42

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