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Java Java Data Structures Getting There Class Review

Posted by priyanka shukla
priyanka shukla
3,051 Points

Can any one please tell what is mVar convention for i just forgot i have learnt it in begining of java objects .

i asked it because i am in creating database step and i need to create a lot of variables like mAuthor mTitle etc... Please tell Thank you a lot

1 Answer

Gergely Horvath
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Gergely Horvath
Courses Plus Student 8,207 Points
Gergely Horvath
Gergely Horvath
Courses Plus Student 8,207 Points

In this convention the meaning of the lettet "m" is member. With the help of this you can ommit the "this" (it refers to the instance) prefix when you are initializing your instance variables in the constructor.

So with mVar a class with a constructor would look like this:

public class NewClass {
    private final int mVar1;
    private final int mVar2;

    public NewClass(int var1, int var2) {
        mVar1 = var1;
        mVar2 = var2;
    }    
}

As opposed to

public class NewClass {
    private final int var1;
    private final int var2;

    public NewClass(int var1, int var2) {
        this.var1 = var1;
        this.var2 = var2;
    }
}
priyanka shukla
priyanka shukla
3,051 Points

thanks