plural class name

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Is it a good idea to have name a class with a plural?
I have a ConnectionsPanel class that stores a list of ConnectionPanel.

 

[Bjorn Abelli]

Is it a good idea to have name a class with a plural?

It's much a matter of opinion, but I would say no, as each instance of a
class is a singularity...

I have a ConnectionsPanel class that stores a
list of ConnectionPanel.

My suggestion would be

ConnectionPanelCollection, ConnectionPanelList, or something like that...

// Bjorn A

 

[Pete Barrett]

Is it a good idea to have name a class with a plural?
I have a ConnectionsPanel class that stores a list of ConnectionPanel.

I don't see why not. A ConnectionsPanel, I suppose, would be a single
Panel containing several ConnectionPanelS (and nothing else), each of
which is a Panel containing controls for defining a Connection. If
that's *not* the case, I'd suggest that the name isn't clear (since I
haven't understood it)!


Pete Barrett

 

[Daniel Dyer]

I don't see why not. A ConnectionsPanel, I suppose, would be a single
Panel containing several ConnectionPanelS (and nothing else), each of
which is a Panel containing controls for defining a Connection. If
that's *not* the case, I'd suggest that the name isn't clear (since I
haven't understood it)!


Pete Barrett

I would interpret the name ConnectionsPanel to mean a single panel that
has multiple associated connections, not muliple panels (of type
ConnectionPanel).

Dan.