Hi All:
I find that the new 'valid' method names in Validate make for odd reading.
I think a verb like 'validate*' or 'check*' would be better. Especially when
the Javadocs all start with 'Validates...'.
I do see 'check' used in other internal APIs for this kind of behavior. For
example, Java Swing and Eclipse SWT use 'check*' methods to validate state
and throw exceptions.
For example:
public void doSomething(String str) {
Validate.validateIndex(str, 1);
or:
public void doSomething(String str) {
Validate.checkIndex(str, 1);
The Validate class name is odd too because it is a verb. I would expect
Validator:
public void doSomething(String str) {
Validator.validateIndex(str, 1);
A validator validates (or checks) values.
I think I like best the 'check*' methods, probably because I've seen them in
SWT and Swing for so long.
Thoughts?
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