Naming commands in WPF

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Not having english as my primary language, I often question grammar when naming methodes and properties.

I use NextCommand as name for my command, NextCommandExecuted for the execution method and CanNextCommand for the status.

Does this make sense, or is there a more correct naming convention I should use?

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered May 26 '11 at 06:56

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In your suggested names NextCommandExecuted sounds/seems like the command has been executed or it has completed its execution which sounds a bit incorrect to me.

I would prefer

NextCommand

NextCommandExecute

and

CanNextCommandExecute

answered May 26 '11 at 06:56

Haris Hasan

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score 4 · Answer 2 · answered May 26 '11 at 07:00

The question is what does the NextCommand?

If it moves to a next element in a list, then i would prefer MoveToNextCommand as name for the command. CanMoveToNext for the method to check if the command can be executed and MoveToNext for the method that executes the command.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 26 '11 at 07:01

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I use NextCommand, NextCommandExecuted and NextCommandCanExecute

answered May 26 '11 at 07:01

Emond

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score -1 · Answer 4 · answered May 26 '11 at 06:59

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I usually do like follows:

NextCommand

OnNextCommand

OnCanNextCommand

answered May 26 '11 at 06:59

Valentin V

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Shouldn't the On... convention be used for event-raisers? See: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/724085/events-naming-convention-and-style – Emond May 26 '11 at 07:02
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I use On__ for both event raisers and commands. Just like 'On' for brevity. – Valentin V May 26 '11 at 07:04
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These On...'s are not commands but they are handlers. Which can cause confusion (apparently) – Emond May 26 '11 at 07:12

Naming commands in WPF

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