Naming convention for getters/setters in Java

Question

if I have the following private member:

private int xIndex;

How should I name my getter/setter:

getXindex()
setXindex(int value)

or

getxIndex()
setxIndex(int value)

EDIT: or

getXIndex()
setXIndex(int value);

?

Answer 1

I think getXindex() is the best way. The getter should start with 'get', followed by the member name, with its first letter capitalized. Also the latest conventions I heard of, say that we should avoid multiple capital letters one after another. For example getHTMLtooltip is wrong. it should be getHtmlTooltip instead. Also you should try to make all your members final and there should not be a need of setters, since the class will be immutable ;)