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Aakash Srivastav
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 11,638 PointsJava Class
Why do file name and class name always coincide in Java? Please explain in detail , I am totally beginner in Java.
3 Answers
Mohammed Yehia
Courses Plus Student 9,255 Pointscheck this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2134784/why-are-filenames-in-java-the-same-as-the-class-name and the most would say just to make it easy for java compiler to find the classes
Aakash Srivastav
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 11,638 PointsI didn't get much of it as everyone answering the it differently but Thank you for helping what i got
Mohammad Laif
Courses Plus Student 22,297 PointsIt's just a convention that java language built on. I think they made it like that, so developers naming wrong classes names by mistakes.
Imagine if you have file name: Home, and its class name: Farm, the opposite too. It would be very confusing.