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I create a constant class by looking at some of the best practices described here in stackoverflow. Many of those have a single Constant class with variables. Some of the answers suggested creating separate Contact Classes. The way I create a constant class is by naming it Parameters and creating classes i.e. Variables and Constants. Then these classes further have child classes e.g. URL, Columns etc. This time I created a constant class with the same structure and a separate class named ReportTemplate. This is my first time creating a Constant class of Objects that don't have a primitive data type.
public final class ReportTemplate {
public final static class ColumnIds {
public static final String TITLE_COLUMN_ID = "title";
public static final String TYPE_COLUMN_ID = "type";
public static final String LIFECYCLESTATUS_COLUMN_ID = "lifecycle status";
public static final String INSERTIONTIMESTAMP_COLUMN_ID = "insertionTimestamp";
}
public final static class Columns {
public static final TextColumnBuilderTITLE = col.column( "Title", ColumnIds.TITLE, type.stringType());
public static final TextColumnBuilderLIFECYCLESTATUS = col.column( "Lifecycle Status", ColumnIds.LIFECYCLESTATUS,
type.stringType());
public static final TextColumnBuilderTYPE = col.column("Type", ColumnIds.TYPE, type.stringType());
public static final TextColumnBuilderINSERTIONTIMESTAMP = col .column("Insertion Timestamp",
ColumnIds.INSERTIONTIMESTAMP,
type.stringType());
}
public final static class Styles {
public static final StyleBuilder HEADING1 = style.style()
.setName("heading 1").bold().setFontSize(15);
public static final StyleBuilder HEADING2 = stl.style().setName("heading2")
.bold().setFontSize(12);
public static final StyleBuilder HEADING3 = style.style().setName("heading3")
.bold().setFontSize(10);
}
}
I want to know if my
Naming Scheme is correct Constant class structure is among best practices.
Should I create separate constant classes or have them encapsulated in a parent Constant