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Naming Resources

.NET Framework 4.5

Because localizable resources can be referenced via certain objects as if they were properties, the naming guidelines for resources are similar to property guidelines.

√ DO use PascalCasing in resource keys.

√ DO provide descriptive rather than short identifiers.

X DO NOT use language-specific keywords of the main CLR languages.

√ DO use only alphanumeric characters and underscores in naming resources.

√ DO use the following naming convention for exception message resources.

The resource identifier should be the exception type name plus a short identifier of the exception:

ArgumentExceptionIllegalCharacters
ArgumentExceptionInvalidName
ArgumentExceptionFileNameIsMalformed

Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education, Inc. from Framework Design Guidelines: Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries, 2nd Edition by Krzysztof Cwalina and Brad Abrams, published Oct 22, 2008 by Addison-Wesley Professional as part of the Microsoft Windows Development Series.

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