Naming Convention for java final variable which is not static

Question

I have a method in a java class.

public void myMethod() {
    final String methodName = "myMethod";
}

When I ran this code through an analysis in sonar, I am getting an issue saying

Rename this constant name to match the regular expression '^[A-Z][A-Z0-9]*(_[A-Z0-9]+)*$'

My purpose of this variable is to use it in Logger statements to track my application flow.

This variable is not a static variable. I have gone through https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/252243/naming-convention-final-fields-not-static. But I didn't got a clear picture. Can someone help me to give proper naming convention for my final(not static) variable?

Solution 1

You are talking about a local variable, scoped to your method. Local variables follow the naming convention for most Java fields, which is camelBack.

Only compile-time constants (static final fields declared at class level) "need" to be capitalized, with words separated by an underscore.

Some doc pages:

• here, and better,
• here

Solution 2

You have created a local variable, which happens to be final. Therefore your naming is correct, according to http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/nutsandbolts/variables.html.

Solution 3

In java final variable names are generally declared in all caps with an underscore between words

final String METHOD_NAME = "myMethod";

Comments

[tbsalling]

Fields are on class or instance level. Not at method level - here they are local variables.

[Mena]

@tbsalling typo, fixed - thanks.

[Heril Muratovic]

Final variables in java have to match regular expression '^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$'.

[ihebiheb]

I think that this answer is not correct. This is the convention for static final variables not final variables