Re: [Springframework-developer] PoolingConfig and getXxxCount

[Colin S. <col...@ex...>]

Fine with me. I'm not a big fan of humongous method names just for 
consistency (compare a typical Java program to a typical Python program, 
in terms of standard library usage), but these are not overly long...


jürgen höller [werk3AT] wrote:

>I've just deprecated PoolingConfig's "int getActive" and "int getFree" methods in favor of "getActiveCount" and "getIdleCount", to make their naming consistent with the rest of the framework.
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>We've had various namings for such methods before, for example "getNrOfXxx" or "getXxxCount". Since 1.1, everything should be named "getXxxCount". PoolingConfig just slipped through my review...
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>Interestingly, most Jakarta Commons projects use "getNumXxx" naming. Well, the most important thing is probably just consistency, whatever naming pattern chosen.
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>In particular, I believe that such methods that return a count should explicitly express this in their name. Therefore, a name like "getActive" is not clear enough, IMO: It could also return an active object...
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>Thoughts? Objections?
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>Juergen
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