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Posted by Joshua Wong
Joshua Wong
Courses Plus Student 572 Points

Why does Craig no longer use camelCase for "IllegalArgumentException" ?

This is a small question about writing formality, but is there any reason why Craig no longer uses camelCase for "IllegalArgumentException" when writing the throw new block? Happens at 1:40 in Java Objects: Exceptions.

1 Answer

Kathryn Ann
Kathryn Ann
10,071 Points

Hi Joshua - IllegalArgumentException is a class, and the convention for class names is to start with a capital letter. It helps to differentiate class names from variable and method names, which use lowerCamelCase.

Joshua Wong
Joshua Wong
Courses Plus Student 572 Points

Aw yes, that is right. I had forgotten that it was a class, not a method or variable. Thank you!