It has many names, but it has a common function.

它有很多的名字，但是有一个共同的功效。

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This example shows a base controller that contains common function for both the HTML and WML views.

这个示例显示了一个基本的控制器，它包含HTML和wml视图的公共功能。

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The final bean is a helper class that provides common function to add a contact and to delete a contact.

最后一个 bean 是帮助程序类，它提供了添加联系人和删除联系人的共同的函数。

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The idea of a function is, that I'm going to capture a common pattern of computation.

函数的目的,就是寻找计算的共同模式。

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And just as with variables, you should use some common sense, some style here, and the function's name should X Y communicate what it does, calling it X or Y or Z is generally not all that helpful.

就像变量，你使用一些常识，一些类型，和函数名需要,传达它所做的事情，把它叫做,或者Z通常是没有什么用处的。

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