Review (Updated) : 4884238 : Constants for Standard Charsets

[Rémi Forax]

On 04/20/2011 02:22 AM, Mike Duigou wrote:
> My sentiment is for StandardCharset.
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> I received offlist feedback which would support this. The pattern for enum like collections of constants has been to use the singular form; java.math.RoundingMode, java.lang.annotation.ElementType, javax.lang.model.element.ElementKind, java.lang.management.MemoryType, etc.
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> The NIO 2 / JSR 203 classes use the relatively new naming convention of "Standard" for platform defined constants.
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> java.util.zip.ZipConstants[64] are package private interfaces to define int constants which is against normally recommended practice.
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> Any strong reason to use the plural form?

It's the classical question "how to name an enum class ?"
If you consider that it contains several constants you will use the 
plural form,
if you consider it as a kind of namespace for a constant, you will use 
the singular form.

 From my experience, the singular form is used more than the plural form.

> Mike

cheers
Rémi