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Conventions for referring to a static (class) variable within the class its declared

Inertia_sublimation

2004-03-27, 12:30 am

Hello all :)

I apologize in advance if this question seems overly newbie-ish, Im
wondering if there are any guidelines on how to use public static final
class variables (read: constants), that are decalred in the same class.

I know you use this format for when the constants are outside of the class:

import java.awt.Color;

public class MyClass extends Color{
private color myColor = Color.green; // Use Color.green, instead of just
gree
}

But what aboutconstants declared within the class?

Ex:

public class Example {
public static final int CONSTANT;

static {
CONSTANT = 5; // Is is better to use Example.CONSTANT here instead?
}
public Example() {
aMethod(CONSTANT); // Is it better to use Example.CONSTANT here
instead?
}
private void aMethod(int a) {
// Do stuff...
}
}
Thanks in advance! :)

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