I wouldn't say it's a question of preference, the 'second approach' is an absolute NOGO and banned by each and every code conventions and code style book.
Regards Leon > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Frank W. Zammetti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Samstag, 22. Januar 2005 16:59 > An: Struts Users Mailing List > Betreff: Re: constants interface > > I'm not sure there's a "better" answer... I'd say I see the first > approach used more often... In fact, I'm not sure I can think of an > instance where I've seen the second approach *IF* we're talking about an > interface specifically for storing constants... Obviously when your > extending an interface the second approach is probably the norm (i.e., > most of the time I doubt anyone writes MyInterface.YES in that > WayTwo.myMethod() below). > > My own preference would be for the first approach. I'm a fan of code > that is as obvious in meaning as possible. The first approach tells me > pretty clearly that I'm referencing a field of the MyInterface class, > the only question I have to answer then is if it's a static field or if > MyInterface is actually a poorly-named instance of something. In the > second approach, I could be dealing with a local variable, a class > member, or something inherited. The difference isn't severe I think, > but the first seems just slightly more intuitive, and that's always a > good thing to me. > > -- > Frank W. Zammetti > Founder and Chief Software Architect > Omnytex Technologies > http://www.omnytex.com > > Carl Smith wrote: > > In Java, sometimes you would define an interface containg the constants: > > > > public interface MyInterface { > > public static final String YES = "yes"; > > } > > > > To access the contants, there are two ways > > > > public class WayOne { > > public void myMethod(){ > > String yes = MyInterface.YES; > > //... > > } > > } > > > > public class WayTwo implements MyInterface { > > public void myMethod(){ > > String yes = YES; > > //... > > } > > } > > > > I am asking which one is better? Or they are Ok and depend on the > developer 's flavor? > > > > > > > > signature > > > > --------------------------------- > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term' > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
