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Guidewire Best Practices Exam – Q’s And A’sAvoid using internal path for your classes ✔️Ans - 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 ✔️Ans - Use TC_TYPECODE instead of
"typecode", example: LossCause.TC_REAREND instead of "rearend"
Use the text for logical operators instead of the symbols ✔️Ans - Use
"and","or", and "not" instead of "&&", "||", and "!"
Code placement ✔️Ans - 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 ✔️Ans - Guidewire will
eventually remove deprecated classes and methods.
Turn on and run Studio Inspections ✔️Ans - These analyze configuration
resources
Use whitespace effectively ✔️Ans - 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 ✔️Ans - 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 ✔️Ans -
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 ✔️Ans - 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 ✔️Ans - Use UpperCamelCase
Do not add _Ext to classes within customer package spaces
Function naming conventions ✔️Ans - 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 ✔️Ans - 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 ✔️Ans - Add suffix _Ext too all new
display keys
Do not modify automatically generated display keys
Logging is ✔️Ans - The process of recording application actions and state
to a secondary interface
Logging is used for ✔️Ans - Application maintenance and troubleshooting
Creating statistics relating to application usage
Auditing by capturing significant events
, Typical events to log are ✔️Ans - 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 ✔️Ans - has a category and level, sends
content to an Appender
Logging components - Appender ✔️Ans - is an output destination (server
console or rolling file)
Logging components - Layout ✔️Ans - defines the format of the content
sent to an appender
Logging Level - Trace ✔️Ans - Description: Fine-grained informational
events
When to use: Log method entry and exit
Logging Level - Debug ✔️Ans - Description: Detailed informational events
When to use: Log important steps and calculations for diagnosing problems
Logging Level - Info ✔️Ans - Description: Coarse-grained informational
messages of progress
When to use: Log the occurrence or result of an important event
Logging Level - Warn ✔️Ans - Description: Indicate a potential problem
When to use: The user experience has not been affected
Logging Level - Error ✔️Ans - Description - Indicate definite problems
When to use: The user experience has been affected
There are 2 ways to initialize a logger in Gosu ✔️Ans - Integration:
PLLoggerCategory.INTEGRATION
Plugin: PLLoggerCategory.PLUGIN
Use sub-level of existing logging category to maintain structure.
Example: PLUGIN.MotorVehicleRecord
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