Keeping code clean by organising the class structure

In recent years I found that keeping a well defined structure in my classes improved productivity. A well defined structure allows different people, adopting the same structure, to immediately understand where the various parts of the class are. Overtime I found what I think being a good structure, which follows:

{code}

public class Foo {

//------------------------> Static variables here

//------------------------> Instance variables here

//------------------------> Constructors here

//------------------------> Public business methods here

//------------------------> Getters/Setters here

//------------------------> toString, equals, hashCode methods here

//------------------------> Private methods here

//------------------------> Inner/Anonymous classes here

}

{code}

Such structure is easy to setup in Eclipse, for instance. Select Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Code Style -> Code Templates

Expand the "Code" tree and select "Class body", then "Edit" and just copy the code above.

Happy technology to everyone

M.