When to use the word "Plural" or "Collection" in methods

Question

I am creating an API for a module, and after I created several methods inside my classes, I asked myself this question.

Right now, and as an example, I am doing this:

public Company GetMonitoredCompany( String companyName ) { ... }
public List<Company> GetMonitoredCompanies( ) { ... }

But I understand that several times when I use other APIs / Services, sometimes they can have a Collection in the name:

public List<Company> GetMonitoredCompanyCollection( ) { ... }

Is there a rule for this? template? or should it be good anyway?

Answer 1

Use the shortest, simplest name that clearly shows the purpose of the method. And be consistent in your project.

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

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