GUIDEWIRE BEST PRACTICES EXAM STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

GUIDEWIRE BEST PRACTICES EXAM
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
AvoidUusingUinternalUpathUforUyourUclassesU-UCORRECTUANSWERS-
com.guidewire.*UshouldUbeUavoided.UTheseUcanUalwaysUbeUpotentiallyUchangedUorUreplacedUduri
ngUanUupgrade.



WhenUreferencingUtypecodes,UuseUtheUstaticUpropertyUonUtheUtypelistUclassUinsteadUofUtheUstringU
representationU-UCORRECTUANSWERS-
UseUTC_TYPECODEUinsteadUofU"typecode",Uexample:ULossCause.TC_REARENDUinsteadUofU"rearen
d"



UseUtheUtextUforUlogicalUoperatorsUinsteadUofUtheUsymbolsU-UCORRECTUANSWERS-
UseU"and","or",UandU"not"UinsteadUofU"&&",U"||",UandU"!"



CodeUplacementU-UCORRECTUANSWERS-
1)UAvoidUplacingUcodeUwithinUtheUCODEUtabUofUaUPCF.UCreateUaUUIUhelperUclassUinstead



2)UAvoidUextendingUentityUenhancementsUwithUcodeUsupportingUUIUoperations



AvoidUusingUdeprecatedUclassesUandUmethodsU-UCORRECTUANSWERS-
GuidewireUwillUeventuallyUremoveUdeprecatedUclassesUandUmethods.



TurnUonUandUrunUStudioUInspectionsU-UCORRECTUANSWERS-
TheseUanalyzeUconfigurationUresources



UseUwhitespaceUeffectivelyU-UCORRECTUANSWERS-AddUspacesUaroundUoperators

DoUnotUaddUspacesUbetweenUparenthesesUandUoperators

,IndentUlogicalUblocksUofUcodeUbyUtwoUspacesUonly

AddUaUblankUlineUafterUcodeUblocks

AddUtwoUblankUlinesUafterUmethods,UincludingUtheUlastUmethodUinUaUclass



CommentsUandUAnnotationsU-UCORRECTUANSWERS-
DocumentUnewUclassesUandUfunctionsUwithUJavadoc-styleUcomments

UseUsingle-
lineUcommentsUwithinUfunctionsUandUmethodsUwhenUyouUneedUtoUclarifyUtheUintentUofUtheUcode

UseUGoseDocUannotationsUwhichUareUincludedUwhenUgeneratingUGosuDoc



"Upgrade-Safe"UnamingUconventions:UAddUtheUsuffixU_ExtUtoU-UCORRECTUANSWERS-
ColumnsUaddedUtoUexistingUentitiesU

TypecodesUaddedUtoUexistingUtypelistsU

TheUnameUofUcustomUentitiesU

TheUnameUofUcustomUtypelists

NewUPCFUfiles

ScriptUparameters



PackageUnamingUconventionsU-UCORRECTUANSWERS-
UseUtheUformatUcustomer.application.featurecategory.feature

CustomerU-UcompanyUnameUabbreviationU

Application-UInsuranceSuiteUapplicationUcodeU(pc,Ubc,Ucc,Usuite)

FeatureUCategoryU-UmajorUfeatureU(delinquency,Uconfiguration,Uintegration)

FeatureU-UfeatureU(rating,Ucatastrophe,Uauthentication)

Example:Usi.suite.integration.authentication



ClassUnamingUconventionsU-UCORRECTUANSWERS-UseUUpperCamelCase

, DoUnotUaddU_ExtUtoUclassesUwithinUcustomerUpackageUspaces



FunctionUnamingUconventionsU-UCORRECTUANSWERS-UseUlowerCamelCase

UseUaUverbUthatUdescribesUthatUtheUfunctionUisUdoingUi.e.UverifyAddress

DoUnotUaddU_ExtUsuffixUtoUprivateUfunctionsUorUenhancementsUinUcustomerUpackageUspaces



VariableUnamingUconventionsU-UCORRECTUANSWERS-
MemberUvariableUnamesUuseUlowerCamelCaseUwithUaUleadingUunderscoreUi.e.U_pluginCallbackHa
ndler

LocalUvariableUnamesUuseUlowerCamelCaseUshortUnamesUthatUdescribeUtheUpurposeUi.e.UlatestPoli
cyRevision



DisplayUkeyUnamingUconventionsU-UCORRECTUANSWERS-AddUsuffixU_ExtUtooUallUnewUdisplayUkeys

DoUnotUmodifyUautomaticallyUgeneratedUdisplayUkeys



LoggingUisU-UCORRECTUANSWERS-
TheUprocessUofUrecordingUapplicationUactionsUandUstateUtoUaUsecondaryUinterface



LoggingUisUusedUforU-UCORRECTUANSWERS-ApplicationUmaintenanceUandUtroubleshooting

CreatingUstatisticsUrelatingUtoUapplicationUusage

AuditingUbyUcapturingUsignificantUevents



TypicalUeventsUtoUlogUareU-UCORRECTUANSWERS-SuccessU/UFailureU-
UaUtransactionUorUactionUhasUsucceededUorUfailed



RecoveryU-UaUsystemUwentUdownUorUconnectionUfailed,Uretried,UandUrecovered

IdentificationU-UanyUlargeUfunctionalUareasUsuchUasUintegration,Urating,Ureinsurance,UandUrules