Creating a new package in Java to make Web Service requests, what should I call it?

Question

Bit of a newbie question, but I'm unfamiliar with Java. I'm thinking either:

com.company.webservices

or

com.company.webserviceretriever

or

com.company.webservice.retriever

Any thoughts or opinions on the matter?

Answer 1

There is no such hard and fast rule. But com.company.service should have the interface and com.company.service.impl in which you implement the interface which internally consumes the web service. In future if you want to change the implementation from web service to something else it will still make sense and your service client should have no idea about it.