Java Naming Standards

Introduction

I guess I run with whatever the linter tells me but wanted to capture a way here

Naming Standards

Here we go.

Type	Convention	Example
Variables	camelCase	String userName = "John";
Methods	camelCase	public void calculateTotal() { ... }
Parameters	camelCase	public User getUser(String userId) { ... }
Classes	PascalCase	public class UserAccount { ... }
Interfaces	PascalCase	public interface UserProfile { ... }
Enums	PascalCase	public enum UserRole { ADMIN, EDITOR, VIEWER }
Enum constants	UPPER_SNAKE_CASE	public enum UserRole { ADMIN, EDITOR, VIEWER }
Constants	UPPER_SNAKE_CASE	public static final int MAX_RETRY_ATTEMPTS = 3;
Package names	lowercase	package com.example.project;
Instance fields	camelCase	private int accountBalance;
Static fields	camelCase (non-final)	private static int userCount;
Generic type parameters	Single uppercase letter	public <T> void process(T item) { ... }
File names	PascalCase.java (match class name)	UserAccount.java
Test class names	PascalCase with Test suffix	UserAccountTest.java
JUnit test methods	camelCase with descriptive names	void shouldThrowExceptionWhenInvalidInput() { ... }