order of coding

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what's the preferred way?

JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();

JMenu menu = new JMenu(...);
menuBar.add(menu);

JMenu menu1 = new JMenu(...);
menuBar.add(menu1);

OR

JMenu menu = new JMenu(...);
JMenu menu1 = new JMenu(...);

JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();

menuBar.add(menu);
menuBar.add(menu1);

 

[Chris Smith]

what's the preferred way?

JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();

JMenu menu = new JMenu(...);
menuBar.add(menu);

JMenu menu1 = new JMenu(...);
menuBar.add(menu1);

OR

JMenu menu = new JMenu(...);
JMenu menu1 = new JMenu(...);

JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();

menuBar.add(menu);
menuBar.add(menu1);

It's entirely up to you. If you insist on a guideline, it's generally
to minimize the average space (in lines) between the first and last use
of a variable. That seems to recommend the latter. If your menus are
very complicated the following is also nice, and ends up improving even
more:

private JMenuBar buildMenuBar()
{
JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();

menuBar.add(buildFileMenu());
menuBar.add(buildEditMenu());

return menuBar;
}

private JMenu buildFileMenu()
{
JMenu menu = new JMenu("File");

...

return menu;
}

...

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[Marcin Grunwald]

what's the preferred way?

JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();

JMenu menu = new JMenu(...);
menuBar.add(menu);

JMenu menu1 = new JMenu(...);
menuBar.add(menu1);

OR

JMenu menu = new JMenu(...);
JMenu menu1 = new JMenu(...);

JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();

menuBar.add(menu);
menuBar.add(menu1);

I prefere:

JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();
createMenu(menuBar);
createMenu1(menuBar);

private JMenu createMenu(JMenuBar menuBar) {
JMenu menu = new JMenu(...);
...
menuBar.add(menu);
return menu;
}

private JMenu createMenu1(JMenuBar menuBar) {
JMenu menu = new JMenu(...);
...
menuBar.add(menu);
return menu;
}