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Java Naming Conventions

The document discusses Java naming conventions for classes, interfaces, methods, variables, packages and constants. Class names should start with uppercase letters and be nouns. Interface names should also start with uppercase letters and be adjectives. Method and variable names should start with lowercase letters. Package names should be in lowercase. Constant names should be in uppercase.

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Java Naming Conventions

The document discusses Java naming conventions for classes, interfaces, methods, variables, packages and constants. Class names should start with uppercase letters and be nouns. Interface names should also start with uppercase letters and be adjectives. Method and variable names should start with lowercase letters. Package names should be in lowercase. Constant names should be in uppercase.

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Java naming convention is a rule to follow as you decide what to name your identifiers such as class,
package, variable, constant, method etc.
But, it is not forced to follow. So, it is known as convention not rule.
All the classes, interfaces, packages, methods and fields of java programming language are given according to
java naming convention.

Advantage of naming conventions in java


By using standard Java naming conventions, you make your code easier to read for yourself and for other
programmers. Readability of Java program is very important. It indicates that less time is spent to figure out
what the code does.
Name

Convention

class name

should start with uppercase letter and be a noun e.g. String, Color, Button, System, Thread
etc.

interface
name

should start with uppercase letter and be an adjective e.g. Runnable, Remote,
ActionListener etc.

method name

should start with lowercase letter and be a verb e.g. actionPerformed(), main(), print(),
println() etc.

variable name

should start with lowercase letter e.g. firstName, orderNumber etc.

package
name

should be in lowercase letter e.g. java, lang, sql, util etc.

constants
name

should be in uppercase letter. e.g. RED, YELLOW, MAX_PRIORITY etc.

CamelCase in java naming conventions


Java follows camelcase syntax for naming the class, interface, method and variable.
If name is combined with two words, second word will start with uppercase letter always e.g.
actionPerformed(), firstName, ActionEvent, ActionListener etc.
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