Question

it’s a clean-code type question.

application sends emails on appropriate addresses. but when variable X is set, it overrides all email addresses. all emails are sent to the address specified in X. variable X is being read from config file during deployment time and set by IoC container
sth like:

public class EmailSender {

    @Value("config.option.X")
    private String X;

    public void sendEmail() {
        ...
        if (X != null) message.setEmailAddress(X);
        internalEmailSender.send(message);
    }
}

and i have no idea how to name X properly. replacerEmailAddress? emailAddressOverrider? any better ideas?

Answer 1

What’s the context in which variable X is set? I would try and name it to reference that condition in some way.