Can we use camel case in java package naming?

Question

For example: Which of the following package names is correct?

com.google.payrolldivision;

or

com.google.payrollDivision;

Please just answer the question without beating around the bush?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3179216/what-is-the-convention-for-word-separator-in-java-package-names — Jean Logeart, Apr 20 '16 at 21:47
According to the official docs, looks like it is simply a matter of choice/style to use camel case or not; apparently there's nothing actually prohibitive about it. The specific reason cited by the docs for lower case convention : *"Package names are written in all lower case to avoid conflict with the names of classes or interfaces."* .. that's it. I just tested for the following, and it built & ran fine package `com.abc.activity.navDrawer;` https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/package/namingpkgs.html. — Gene Bo, Oct 15 '18 at 20:55

Ingo Bürk · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-20T21:53:16.653

9

Please just answer the question

OK, then taking your question as a "a xor b", the answer is

com.google.payrolldivision;

However, your title and post ask two very different questions, so it's hard to "just answer the question".

edited Apr 20 '16 at 21:53

answered Apr 20 '16 at 21:47

Ingo Bürk

5

Careful, you're on the verge of beating around the bush... – shmosel Apr 20 '16 at 22:04
@shmosel Haha good one! – Debosmit Ray Apr 20 '16 at 22:09
I tried really hard not to :-) – Ingo Bürk Apr 20 '16 at 22:09

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 20 '16 at 21:49

3

According to the Oracle webpage, you should write your package name in lowercase.

Package names are written in all lower case to avoid conflict with the names of classes or interfaces.

answered Apr 20 '16 at 21:49

Alberto Alegria

2 Answers2