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Parameter naming: filename or fileName?

What do you use – filename or fileName? The classes in the JDK use a lower case ‘n’, e.g. FilenameFilter, so, for consistency, I do too. But the correct way, I believe, should be fileName (as in C#).

Answer 1

I’d base that decision on the surrounding identifiers.

If filename is the only identifier regarding files in its context, I’d stay with that.

Example:

public void load(String filename) { ... }

But as soon as you have other file attributes I’d consider using this:

private String fileName;
private long fileSize
private DateTime fileAge;