I agree Stehan
legege schrieb: > But XStream stands for XmlStream. If the library was called XMLStream, I > would definitely choose XmlStream; similar to your examples. But this case > is different. If we would like to respect the camel case naming convention, > XStream would make more sense, doesn't it? > > > > > Tim Peierls wrote: > >> And see Item 56 of Effective Java, 2nd edition, where Josh Bloch writes: >> >>> There is little consensus as to whether acronyms should be uppercase or >>> have only their first letter capitalized. While uppercase may be more >>> common, a strong argument can be made in favor of capitalizing only the >>> first letter: even if multiple acronyms occur back-to back, you can still >>> tell where one word starts and the next word ends. Which class name would >>> you rather see, HTTPURL or HttpUrl? >>> >> --tim ------------------------------------------------------ http://restlet.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4447&dsMessageId=2413109
