Naming conventions

• Use camel case.
• Variables start with a small letter while functions start with a capital letter.
• Functions with the "Get" prefix are considered to be true getters, i.e. they give direct (readonly) access to member variables or elements of member variables. This includes returning references or pointers.
• Functions with the "Find" prefix provide a collection of objects satisfying a certain condition. Their distinct feature is returning a newly created container holding the relevant objects. It is also possible to provide an already existing container to these functions.
• Functions with the "Calc" or "Count" prefix return information about the structure of the component tree.
• The following terms are used to describe components in the component tree relative to this component:
  • "parent": A component that is one level above and contains this component in the children vector.
  • "child": A component whose parent is this component.
  • "sibling": A component other than this component that is contained in the parent's children vector.
  • "ancestor": A component that is part of the shortest path starting from this component and going all the way up to the root of the component tree.
  • "descendant": A component that is part of the subtree spanned by this component.