Often times, I find myself creating two objects like these:
String pathString = "/foo/bar";
File path = new File(pathString);
Though variable naming is a fairly subjective issue, what's the most common naming convention for File objects and their corresponding absolute file path stored in a String?
I guess there is no naming convention. I would either take a look at the constructor argument of File and name it after that, e.g.
String pathname = "/foo/bar";
File file = new File(pathname);
Normally the file has a meaning in your application. So I would choose a name that describes it. E.g.
String errorLogFilepath = "/var/log/error.log";
File errorLogFile = new File(errorLogFilepath);
Do you need to idependently identify the path?
If not, Id suggest just using:
File path = new File("/foo/bar");
Similarly, pass around File objects, not string paths.
If you are not reusing this path for further reference in the code , suggest you to initialize the file by passing an arguement. eg
File file = new File("/foo/bar");
This will prevent the creation of an extra string variable.
I always use double backslash and I've never have problem with that:
File outputfile = new File("c:\\Selenium\\workspace\\....\\input.txt");
pathNameor get rid of it altogether.