java `byte[] array` vs. `byte array[]`

Question

While reading the String class in java I noticed a weird constructor declaration

public String(byte bytes[], int offset, int length, String charsetName)

notice that the array bytes is declared as byte bytes[] instead of byte[] bytes

is there a difference between the two declarations? the java documentation never mention such possibility..

I guess `byte bytes[]` is prefered by a lot of C developers, since they are using it there, but you should stick to `byte[] bytes` since this is the more common way to declare arrays in Java. — Tom, Aug 27 '15 at 18:05
@bayou.io another study shows that exaggaration rarely communicates what you really wanted to say — Durandal, Aug 27 '15 at 18:45
@Durandal - every study shows that some people have no sense of humor :) — ZhongYu, Aug 27 '15 at 18:47

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 27 '15 at 17:45

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There is no difference. It just syntactic sugar in array declaration. Matter of taste. You can use any.

answered Aug 27 '15 at 17:45

Suresh Atta

SacJn · Answer 2 · 2015-08-27T17:52:02.420

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No difference. You can declare arrays either way

edited Aug 27 '15 at 17:52

answered Aug 27 '15 at 17:46

SacJn

Why it is downvoted ? Please correct me if anything wrong i mentioned – SacJn Aug 27 '15 at 17:49
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Who knows. Most likely it is because you were shouting. All caps is considered as shouting in netiquette. – Anonymous Coward Aug 27 '15 at 17:51
hahaha .. anyway corrected now. – SacJn Aug 27 '15 at 17:52
@JoseAntonioDuraOlmos never heard of _netiquette_, lol, thx for that – raffian Aug 27 '15 at 18:21

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