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Yup. It reinforces the idea of attributes and minimizes the problem

with same-named parameters and local variables.


>

(They should know that they can omit this. most of the time, but it's

still a good idea.)



Just be careful with constructors that set the field from a parameter, as in:
http://www.jspwiki.org/Wiki.jsp?page=WhyUsingThisIsBad

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