title: Accessing object variables by class name instead of this
body: <p>Usually when there is getter/setter in a POJO class, the general convention I have seen until now was to use <code>return this.&lt;instance variable&gt;</code> / <code>this.&lt;instance variable&gt; = something</code></p>
  
  <p>But, the current project I am working on uses a strange convention of <code>return &lt;class name&gt;.&lt;instance variable&gt;</code></p>
  
  <p>I understand that this works, but was wondering if this is the right approach at all? </p>