+1, no _, during the refactor, I removed all the _ as much as I can already.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Frank Zhang [mailto:frank.zh...@citrix.com] > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 2:12 PM > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: [Discuss] Name convention of class variable > > Current name convention of class variable in CloudStack is prefixing variable > name with a '_', for example > > Class SomeManagerImpl { > private long _myVar; > } > > I know this is widely spread convention but I really think it's dated. First > time I > saw it is in the famous book "Programming in Java Language", it helps you to > distinguish class variable and variable defined in function in PLAIN text > editor. > But nowadays everybody writing code in IDE like Eclipse and every IDE > highlights these variables in vivid color, there is no needs to use underscore > anymore. > > And this convention has a significant disadvantage that is broken Java Bean > style. A Java bean is a class with setter/getter, I always use Eclipse's > shortcut > "Alt+Shift+S
