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title: Avoid prefix boolean returning method with `get`
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# Avoid prefix boolean returning method with `get`

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## Metadata{% #metadata %}

**ID:** `java-code-style/boolean-get-method-name`

**Language:** Java

**Severity:** Notice

**Category:** Code Style

## Description{% #description %}

To improve readability, methods that return a boolean should be named accordingly. Instead of prefixing a method with `get`, consider using `is`, `has`, `can`, or `will` .

## Non-Compliant Code Examples{% #non-compliant-code-examples %}

```java
public class Foo {
    public boolean getFoo(); // you are not getting foo
}
```

## Compliant Code Examples{% #compliant-code-examples %}

```java
public class Foo {
    public boolean isFoo();
}
```
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