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Latest revision as of 23:30, 7 April 2009
#REDIRECT Failure to follow guideline/specification
Last revision (mm/dd/yy): 04/7/2009
Description
The class contains a field and a method with the same name.
It is confusing to have a member field and a method with the same name. It makes it easy for a programmer to accidentally call the method when attempting to access the field or vice versa.
Risk Factors
TBD
Examples
public class Totaller { private int total; public int total() { ... } }
Related Attacks
Related Vulnerabilities
Related Controls
Related Technical Impacts
References
TBD