程序代写代做代考 Naming and commenting

Naming and commenting
Cpt S 321 Washington State University

Namespaces
• They help us to organize large code
• The “global” namespace is the root namespace
• E.g., “global::System” refers to the .NET System namespace • The “using” directive:
• Allows us to use the types in a namespace so that we do not have to qualify the access with the name.
• E.g.,“usingSystem.Text;”allowsustosay“StringBuildersb;” as opposed to “System.Text.StringBuilder sb;”
• Allows us to access static members and nested types of a type without having to qualify the access with the type name.
• E.g.,“usingstaticSystem.Console;”allowsustosay“WriteLine(“that’squick!”);”as opposed to “System.Console.WriteLine(“too long!”);”
• Allows us to create an alias for a namespace or a type.
E.g., “using AliasToMyClass = NameSpace1.MyClass;” allows us to say “AliasToMyClass c;” as opposed to “NameSpace1.AliasToMyClass c;”

Namespaces (cont.)
• The “using” directive has a scope
• E.g., if defined in the beginning of a file, then it is limited to the file in which
it appears
• E.g., if defined in a namespace, then it is limited to that namespace
• You can define the same namespace in more than one place, e.g., namespace MyCompany.Proj1 { class MyClassA { … } }
namespace MyCompany.Proj1 { class MyClassB { … } }
• We can have nested namespaces using the “.” operator, e.g., “namespace1.namespace2”

Namespaces – Example 1
• What are the fully qualified names of the entities?
namespace N3 {
class C3
namespace N1 {
class C1 {
{
{}
public static void Main(string[] args)
// Create an instance of C2 (defined in N1)
// Create an instance of C2 (defined in N2)
}}} }}}
internal class C2 {
}
namespace N2 {
class C2 {

Namespaces – Example 2
namespace N1 {
public class C1 {
} }
}
Console.WriteLine(“Hello”); }{
{
} }
public static void SayHello() {
namespace N2
public class C2
{ static void Main()
// how do we call SayHello() here?

Naming – common sense
• Concise and consistent
• Must reflect the functionality
• Important: Naming is part of the grading criteria for HWs!

Lexicon Bad Smells (LBS): poor naming practices that we MUST avoid
• Extreme contraction ✘aSz
arraySize
Exceptions: commonly used abbreviations such as http, sql, …
• Inconsistent (or ambiguous) identifier use public class Document
{
private string absolutePath;
private string relativePath;
private string path; // ✘inconsistent identifier
}

Lexicon Bad Smells (LBS) (cont.)
• Meaningless terms
✘foo, bar, a, b, c, i, j, myMethod, myClass, etc.
Exceptions: i and j are acceptable as indexes in short/simple loops
• Misspelled identifiers
• Odd grammatical structure
public abstract class Compute // ✘ compute is a verb
{
public abstract void Addition(); // ✘ addition is a noun
}

Lexicon Bad Smells (LBS) (cont.)
• Overloaded identifiers ✘CreateExportList
CreateList, ExportList • Useless type indication
✘NameString
• Whole-part ambiguous identifiers public class Account
{
private string account; // ✘
}

Lexicon Bad Smells (LBS) (cont.)
• Synonyms/similar identifiers ✘Copy, Replica
• Wrong context
✘Having a namespace Detectors and a namespace
Collections and declare TypeDetector in Collections
• No hyponym/hypernym in class hierarchies
✘Declare class UndergraduateStudent as a subclass of Item
• Not following standard naming conventions adopted for the project/company

Other lexicon smells: Linguistic Antipatterns (LAs)
• The type of an entity is inconsistent with its name: ✘void getMethodBodies(…){…}
✘ public void isValid(…){…}
✘ public void checkCollision(…){…}
✘ void getMethodBodies (…){…}
✘ public Dimension setBreadth
✘ public static ControlEnableState disable(Control w) {…} ✘ public boolean getStats() {
✘ MAssociationEnd start;
✘ Vector _target;
✘ boolean _stats

Linguistic Antipatterns (LAs) (cont.)
• The comment of an entity is inconsistent with its declaration/implementation
✘ Poor practice: /**
* Configuration default exclude pattern, * ie .*\/@href|.*\/@action|frame/@src
*/
public static String INCLUDE_NAME_DEFAULT
= “.*/@href=|.*/@action=|frame/@src=”;

Linguistic Antipatterns (LAs) (cont.)
• The comment of an entity is inconsistent with its declaration/implementation (cont.)
✘ Poor practice:
/**
* Returns true if this listener has a target for a
* back navigation. Only one listener needs to return
* true for the back button to be enabled. */
public boolean isNavigateForwardEnabled() {…}

Other examples of naming conventions
• Use camelCasing for method arguments and local variables
logEvent (parameter name)
itemCount (local variable declared in a method)
• PascalCasing for class names and method names Angle (class/constructor name)
AddItem (method name)
• Avoid _
✘ item_count
itemCount

Other examples of naming conventions (cont.)
• Use the “I” prefix for interfaces IShape
• Use namespaces to organize your code HelloWorld.DataStructures HelloWorld.IO
• Use the Microsoft’s .NET Framework as an example

Commenting
• Automatic templates for entities are generated for you by typing “///” above the entity
• Example
///

/// The main Math class.
/// Contains all methods for performing basic math functions. ///

public class Math {
} }
throw new System.OverflowException(); return a + b;
///

/// Adds two integers and returns the result. ///

public static int Add(int a, int b) {
// If any parameter is equal to the max value of an integer
// and the other is greater than zero
if ((a == int.MaxValue && b > 0) || (b == int.MaxValue && a > 0))

Commenting
• More examples: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/codedoc – put-it-all-together
• Important:
• Commenting is part of the grading criteria for HWs
• Which entities should be commented? Every method, attribute, type, and test case must be commented.
• What information is required in the comments? Entities MUST have at a minimum:

, , , and , when applicable.
• Commenting MUST be done while coding, not at the end

How do we enforce consistency?
• For this course, we will use StyleCop • Current analyzers
• Installation
– Check the installation guide on the BB website. Have it installed
before our next class!
• Important:
• You MUST use a StyleCop configuration for all your HWs.
• You may start with the “Microsoft Managed Recommended Rules” and modify it by 1) disabling contradicting rules and 2) adapting it to your coding preferences.
• Every change you make to the configuration MUST be justified in a README file in your repository.

Summary: for all homework assignments
• You will follow naming conventions as discussed here. In addition, feel free to define your own style. Key point: be consistent!
• You will document your code with leading and inline comments
• Your repositories must contain the StyleCop files and a justification of the changes in a README file