On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 6:11 PM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Back to the case in point: why is the string ".activate" and not anything > else? >
Why not just extract a constant and name it something logical like "ACTIVATED_INDICATOR"? Then, the actual value of the constant can be whatever you want. The value of the string isn't important (other than making it a bit more human-readable of course). What is important is that you use the string in a consistent fashion throughout your code. By not using a constant, it makes it more likely to fat-finger the value when you type it again somewhere. Anyway, I'm sure I'm not telling you anything new. I just don't think it's relevant to go into a lengthy discussion about the string that's used as some sort of marker. Just extract the constant (and use it) and move on. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
