What names do you find yourself prepending/appending to classes regularly?

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Which nouns do you find yourself putting regularly at the end of your classes?

For example, I have a habit of sticking Info onto classes that pass information around but don't do a great deal:

  • ImportInfo
  • SiteInfo

Or for Coordinating classes:

  • UserManager
  • SecurityManager

I end up using Builder quite often for string related classes, even if it barely does any building:

  • TemplateBuilder
  • HtmlBuilder

And of course the timeless Helper/Utility class:

  • PhraseHelper
  • NumberUtility
  • FileHelper

Have you got any good, by which I mean concise and descriptive, nouns or words you regularly use to denote the class' main role?

This question is aimed at the .NET world, but can extend to Java, C++, Python and so on.

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14 Answers

I append pattern name at the end if i follow one (i.e. FooRepository).
Trying to avoid -Helper, -Manager, -Utils.

user_820620

I use Provider and Helper a lot.

Chris_Lively_24240

Util

  • EnumUtil
  • ParseUtil
  • StringUtil
  • etc ...
JaredPar_232830

Base, Reader, Writer, Manager, File.. some others.

user_525890

If my class is specifically doing calculations, I will prepend Calc

Examples:

  • TaxCalc
  • TipCalc
  • DateCalc
user_1063560

Tests for unit test classes

user_857330

I find myself sometimes appending the name of the parent class the one I'm writing I want to inherit. Sometimes it sounds weird especially with an Animal example (DogAnimal, FishAnimal, ...) but it makes finding subtypes easier in a list of classes.

user_1126140 
Factory

Also:

Provider
user_883830
  • Factory
  • Helper
  • Utils
  • Job
  • Entity
Charles_Lee_4665310

On occasion I use

Target

As in

  • UploadTarget
  • ProcessingTarget

I don't think I had before Silverlight / WPF but I now also use

Converter

As in:

  • CurrentTimeDisplayConverter
  • TimeDeltaConverter
David_in_Dakota_640

I am often using :

  • Protocol (Specific protocol implementation)
  • Manager (Class managing the process)
  • Emulator (Emulate something...)
user_1412440

why of course...

Base

works both sides.

;-)

icelava_26630

Controller and View.

Out_Into_Space_75650
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