Naming Conventions

[Jim Pragit]

Hello,
I'm teaching myself Java using one of Sam's 'Teach Yourself" books. Coming
from a VB background, I normally practice a strict form of Hungarian notation.
However, I've noticed that none of the Java code I have seen uses Hungarian.
Do Java programmers not use Hungarian? Is there any resource explaining
or recommending naming conventions in Java?

- Jim

[Patrick Lentz]

try here Jim. You'll find not just inof about naming conventions but also
about codingstyle.

http://java.sun.com/docs/codeconv/ht...nvTOC.doc.html

"Jim Pragit" <James.Pragit@BakerNet.com> wrote:
>
>Hello,
> I'm teaching myself Java using one of Sam's 'Teach Yourself" books. Coming
>from a VB background, I normally practice a strict form of Hungarian notation.
> However, I've noticed that none of the Java code I have seen uses Hungarian.
> Do Java programmers not use Hungarian? Is there any resource explaining
>or recommending naming conventions in Java?
>
>- Jim

[Paul Clapham]

The "Hungarian" notation is the one where you prefix a variable's name with
a code indicating the type of variable, e.g. iCounter for an integer and
sName for a string, right? How would you extend this to cover the several
hundred (thousands of) classes that exist in Java2? I guess you could have
the prefix f for float and fi for File and fr for FileReader and fos for
FileOutputStream and... you see what I mean? I have used this type of
notation when writing in VB and I ended up using the prefix obj for any
object that wasn't a primitive type. That's OK in VB where you don't have
too many types of object but pointless in Java. So that's why I don't use
the Hungarian notation in Java. Of course you can choose any notation you
think is helpful to you and other readers of your program.

Jim Pragit <James.Pragit@BakerNet.com> wrote in message
news:393fc2ce$1@news.devx.com...
>
> Hello,
> I'm teaching myself Java using one of Sam's 'Teach Yourself" books.
Coming
> from a VB background, I normally practice a strict form of Hungarian
notation.
> However, I've noticed that none of the Java code I have seen uses
Hungarian.
> Do Java programmers not use Hungarian? Is there any resource explaining
> or recommending naming conventions in Java?
>
> - Jim