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Avoid using internal path for your classes - ANSWER: com.guidewire.* should be
avoided. These can always be potentially changed or replaced during an upgrade.
When referencing typecodes, use the static property on the typelist class instead of
the string representation - ANSWER: Use TC_TYPECODE instead of "typecode",
example: LossCause.TC_REAREND instead of "rearend"
Use the text for logical operators instead of the symbols - ANSWER: Use "and","or",
and "not" instead of "&&", "||", and "!"
Code placement - ANSWER: 1) Avoid placing code within the CODE tab of a PCF.
Create a UI helper class instead
2) Avoid extending entity enhancements with code supporting UI operations
Avoid using deprecated classes and methods - ANSWER: Guidewire will eventually
remove deprecated classes and methods.
Turn on and run Studio Inspections - ANSWER: These analyze configuration resources
Use whitespace effectively - ANSWER: Add spaces around operators
Do not add spaces between parentheses and operators
Indent logical blocks of code by two spaces only
Add a blank line after code blocks
Add two blank lines after methods, including the last method in a class
Comments and Annotations - ANSWER: Document new classes and functions with
Javadoc-style comments
Use single-line comments within functions and methods when you need to clarify
the intent of the code
Use GoseDoc annotations which are included when generating GosuDoc
"Upgrade-Safe" naming conventions: Add the suffix _Ext to - ANSWER: Columns
added to existing entities
Typecodes added to existing typelists
The name of custom entities
The name of custom typelists
New PCF files
Script parameters
, Package naming conventions - ANSWER: Use the format
customer.application.featurecategory.feature
Customer - company name abbreviation
Application- InsuranceSuite application code (pc, bc, cc, suite)
Feature Category - major feature (delinquency, configuration, integration)
Feature - feature (rating, catastrophe, authentication)
Example: si.suite.integration.authentication
Class naming conventions - ANSWER: Use UpperCamelCase
Do not add _Ext to classes within customer package spaces
Function naming conventions - ANSWER: Use lowerCamelCase
Use a verb that describes that the function is doing i.e. verifyAddress
Do not add _Ext suffix to private functions or enhancements in customer package
spaces
Variable naming conventions - ANSWER: Member variable names use
lowerCamelCase with a leading underscore i.e. _pluginCallbackHandler
Local variable names use lowerCamelCase short names that describe the purpose i.e.
latestPolicyRevision
Display key naming conventions - ANSWER: Add suffix _Ext too all new display keys
Do not modify automatically generated display keys
Logging is - ANSWER: The process of recording application actions and state to a
secondary interface
Logging is used for - ANSWER: Application maintenance and troubleshooting
Creating statistics relating to application usage
Auditing by capturing significant events
Typical events to log are - ANSWER: Success / Failure - a transaction or action has
succeeded or failed
Recovery - a system went down or connection failed, retried, and recovered
Identification - any large functional areas such as integration, rating, reinsurance,
and rules
Logging components - Logger - ANSWER: has a category and level, sends content to
an Appender
Logging components - Appender - ANSWER: is an output destination (server console
or rolling file)
Logging components - Layout - ANSWER: defines the format of the content sent to
an appender
Logging Level - Trace - ANSWER: Description: Fine-grained informational events