Re: [Springframework-developer] isXxx/getXxx for boolean properties

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

I personally don't get that hung up about it. Both or equally valid 
forms (and recognized by JavaBeans tools and the like), and the reality 
is that sometimes you have a word which sounds horrible with is and ok 
with get, or vice-versa. On the other hand, if they sound ok both ways 
then there's nothing wrong with trying to be consistent.


jürgen höller [werk3AT] wrote:

>I've just noticed that we're slightly inconsistent in our naming for getters that return boolean bean properties. Most of them are called "isXxx", but 9 of them in the entire codebase are called "getXxx".
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>We should find a consistent rule here. For example, should we prefer "isProxyTargetClass" or "getProxyTargetClass"? Neither is nice English, so I guess it's more about a convention then about nice method names.
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>I tend to prefer the "isXxx" versions for all boolean properties. That would also be easier in terms of affected classes, as we just have 9 accessors that do not conform to that rule (i.e. 9 to be deprecated).
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>On the other hand, "getXxx" might result in slightly nicer English in some boolean cases...
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>Opinions?
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>Juergen
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