Variable named interface

Question

I need a variable that represents an interface. I was wondering if there is a "standard" name for such a variable, like for example the clazz for a Class variable. I was thinking of naming it aInterface, but I don't realy like this name...

Mcclary

what do u mean by that clazz? like Class clazz = yourObj.getClass() ??? – Babbittry

what's the type of the variable? – Upswell

@Uko: yes that's what I mean. – Mcclary

@Liviu: Well it's a bit more complicated. I'm using Xtext for some code generation and the variable just models a generated interface. – Mcclary

@Uko: Here clazz is just a name of the variable of type java.lang.Class. In general, although it is a bad practice people tend to use String string for declaring a String variable quickly. The same way clazz is used as we cannot use class which is a restricted key word in Java. This is generally used when one tries to load classes programatically. – Lumumba

Answer 1

In general my interface names start with I, like, IMyInterface. And I use 'i' as prefix for variable name where I need to indicate the variable is interface, like iMyInterfaceVar. But no such restriction or standard rule.

Just for sake of completeness, here is The Java Code Convention Guide

Treblinka

Answer 2

In the lines of clazz, you could use interfaze!

Lumumba

Funny, but I hope Deelazee doesn't take this too seriously. – Textualism