For a boolean field what is the naming convention for its getter setter

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Eg   boolean isCurrent   false    What do you name its getter and setter

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http   geosoft no development javastyle html Specific        is prefix should be used for boolean variables and methods         isSet  isVisible  isFinished  isFound  isOpen         This is the naming convention for   boolean methods and variables used by   Sun for the Java core packages   Using the is prefix solves a common   problem of choosing bad boolean names   like status or flag  isStatus or   isFlag simply doesn t fit  and the   programmer is forced to chose more   meaningful names        Setter methods for boolean variables   must have set prefix as in    void setFound boolean isFound         There are a few alternatives to the is   prefix that fits better in some   situations  These are has  can and   should prefixes    boolean hasLicense     boolean canEvaluate     boolean shouldAbort   false

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Maybe it is time to start revising this answer  Personally I would vote for setActive   and unsetActive    alternatives can be setUnActive    notActive    disable    etc  depending on context  since  setActive  implies you activate it at all times  which you don t  It s kind of counter intuitive to say  setActive  but actually remove the active state   Another problem is  you can can not listen to specifically a SetActive event in a CQRS way  you would need to listen to a  setActiveEvent  and determine inside that listener wether is was actually set active or not  Or of course determine which event to call when calling setActive   but that then goes against the Separation of Concerns principle   A good read on this is the FlagArgument article by Martin Fowler  http   martinfowler com bliki FlagArgument html  However  I come from a PHP background and see this trend being adopted more and more  Not sure how much this lives with Java development

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I believe it would be   void setCurrent boolean current  boolean isCurrent

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private boolean current   public void setCurrent boolean current       this current current     public boolean hasCurrent        return this current

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It should just be get varname  like every other getter   Changing it to  quot is quot  doesn t stop bad variable names  it just makes another unnecessary rule  Consider program generated code  or reflection derivations  It s a non-useful convention that should be dropped at the first available opportunity

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Suppose you have    boolean active    Accessors method would be  public boolean isActive   return this active    public void setActive boolean active  this active   active       See Also   Java Programming Java Beans Code Conventions for the Java Programming Language

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Setter  public void setCurrent boolean val  Getter  public boolean getCurrent     For booleans you can also use   public boolean isCurrent

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For a field named isCurrent  the correct getter   setter naming is setCurrent     isCurrent    at least that s what Eclipse thinks   which is highly confusing and can be traced back to the main problem   Your field should not be called isCurrent in the first place  Is is a verb and verbs are inappropriate to represent an Object s state  Use an adjective instead  and suddenly your getter   setter names will make more sense   private boolean current   public boolean isCurrent        return current     public void setCurrent final boolean current       this current   current

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As a setter  how about      setter public void beCurrent boolean X        this isCurrent   X      or     setter public void makeCurrent boolean X        this isCurrent   X      I m not sure if these naming make sense to native English speakers

[java] For a boolean field, what is the naming convention for its getter/setter?

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