can class name and method name be same?

[Mohan Mehra]

i have a class called FilterTraps . can i have a method called filterTraps in it? is it according to java code conventions. please say yes or no. don't give me java code conventions document

[Michael Dunn]

> i have a class called FilterTraps . can i have a method called filterTraps in it?

what happened when you tried it?

[Paul Clapham]

In that example, you used different names. Remember that Java is case-sensitive.

[Jesper de Jong]

Here's some code to confuse you and, ofcourse, to learn from. Can you explain what the different JavaRanches in this code mean?

public class JavaRanch {

    public JavaRanch() {
        System.out.println("Hello");
    }

    public void JavaRanch() {
        System.out.println("Hello again");
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        JavaRanch JavaRanch = new JavaRanch();
        JavaRanch.JavaRanch();
    }
}

[Jeff Verdegan]

Mohan Mehra wrote:please say yes or no. don't give me java code conventions document

That's a really bad attitude. It's far better to point you at the appropriate documentation and let you do some research on your own than to just hand you an answer.

[Matthew Brown]

Note that while Jesper's example "works", it does break Java conventions because it uses a method and a variable starting with an upper-case letter. Which shows there's a difference between what you can do and what you should do. The compiler doesn't try and enforce convention.

Your initial example doesn't break the convention because you've got the cases right. Someone who's used to the conventions will be able to tell the difference easily. Whether it's a good idea depends on whether "FilterTraps" is a good name for the class and the method. I'm a bit doubtful, but it depends on what they do - it might be perfectly sensible.