I notice a number of java libraries use this as a suffix:
log4j, couchdb4j, neo4j, launch4j, etc..
I notice a number of java libraries use this as a suffix: log4j, couchdb4j,
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I notice a number of java libraries use this as a suffix:
log4j, couchdb4j, neo4j, launch4j, etc..
Since the number 4 (four in English) is a homonym for the preposition
for, it’s being used to indicate that the library isfor Java.In .NET, libraries are sometimes prefixed with
nto indicate that they are the .NET variant. For instance, Java has Hibernate and .NET has nHibernate. You also have cases where Java follows this “convention” such as jUnit (where .NET has nUnit).As a beginning developer I, too, was confused by the 4j naming convention. I thought it was some kind of version indicator until I noticed several libraries carrying the suffix.
Maybe now a Google search will turn up a meaningful result for “4j” 🙂
EDIT:
I’ve been unable to find the origin of the 4j suffix, but my best guess would be that it started with log4j which now has variants such as log4net, log4php, log4cxx.