Attribute name and type are opposite

The name of an attribute is in contradiction with its type as they contain antonyms.

Example: attribute start of type MAssociationEnd. The use of antonyms can induce wrong assumptions.

Related smells: Method signature and comment are opposite Method name and return type are opposite Attribute signature and comment are opposite

Reference

Venera Arnaoudova, Massimiliano Di Penta, Giuliano Antoniol. “Linguistic antipatterns: what they are and how developers perceive them". in Empirical Software Engineering (ESEM), 21(1), Feb 2016. 104-158. 10.1007/s10664-014-9350-8


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