Getter method for final field name

Question

It may seem a trivial question, but I've searched a lot and couldn't find an answer.
If I have a final field like this:

private final double DEGREES;

The variabile is written in caps because it's final, but shall also the getter method be in caps? So it would be getDEGREES or getDegress?

Answer 1

It should be getDegrees . And, in my opinion, the only fields that should be in all caps are some static final ones. Member fields that are final do not need to be in all caps.

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Indeed, Oracle's Java code conventions say to only to have static final constants in all caps, all member variables should be in lowerCamelCase.

Answer 2

If that is a constant, you can expose it without a getter, as a static field. That seems to be the standard practice.

Answer 3

正确的getter命名约定是getDegrees