I am not aware of any existing annotation for that purpose (not that that
means it doesn't necessary exist).

Kelven - Do you know of one? If not, would you be willing to create one?

Thanks!


On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 2:06 AM, Daan Hoogland <daan.hoogl...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> is there one availible or are we implementing @usedPrivate ?
>
> On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 2:54 AM, Mike Tutkowski
> <mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com> wrote:
> > Good idea
> >
> > On Tuesday, June 10, 2014, Kelven Yang <kelven.y...@citrix.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Maybe utilizing special java annotation would get developer heads-up?
> >> Content in comments text is easily skipped as it is not usually
> considered
> >> as mandatory language constructs
> >>
> >> Kelven
> >>
> >> On 6/10/14, 4:25 PM, "Mike Tutkowski" <mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >I haven't looked, but perhaps we should provide sufficient comments in
> >> >each
> >> >of these cases so no one removes the fields thinking that they are old
> and
> >> >no longer in use.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 5:13 PM, Kelven Yang <kelven.y...@citrix.com>
> >> >wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> The usage of these private methods are through reflection, making it
> >> >> private is to avoid exposing unnecessary internal structures to
> outside.
> >> >>
> >> >> Kelven
> >> >>
> >> >> On 6/10/14, 2:46 AM, "Rajani Karuturi" <rajani.karut...@citrix.com>
> >> >>wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> >Hi Kelven,
> >> >> >while fixing some of the issues reported by coverity I encountered
> some
> >> >> >unused private methods in VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java
> >> >> >(https://reviews.apache.org/r/22364 ) and removed them. Koushik
> >> pointed
> >> >> >that they are getting used by the job framework.
> >> >> >Looks like these are used by the job framework by making them public
> >> >> >through reflection and following some convention for the function
> >> >>names.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Its very difficult to find the usages or refactor which can have
> some
> >> >> >unforeseen consequences.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Can you share some details about them? probably some javadoc?
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >~Rajani
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >On 10-Jun-2014, at 12:37 pm, Koushik Das <koushik....@citrix.com>
> >> >>wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> -----------------------------------------------------------
> >> >> >> This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit:
> >> >> >> https://reviews.apache.org/r/22364/#review45200
> >> >> >> -----------------------------------------------------------
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> engine/orchestration/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java
> >> >> >> <https://reviews.apache.org/r/22364/#comment79921>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>    These methods are getting used by the job framework. Check
> >> >> >>handleVmWorkJob() method in the same java file.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> - Koushik Das
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> On June 10, 2014, 4:06 a.m., Rajani Karuturi wrote:
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> -----------------------------------------------------------
> >> >> >>> This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit:
> >> >> >>> https://reviews.apache.org/r/22364/
> >> >> >>> -----------------------------------------------------------
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> (Updated June 10, 2014, 4:06 a.m.)
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> Review request for cloudstack, daan Hoogland, Kelven Yang,
> Koushik
> >> >> >>>Das, and Santhosh Edukulla.
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> Repository: cloudstack-git
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> Description
> >> >> >>> -------
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> NPEs, unused code or dead code, unwritten field access and self
> >> >> >>>assignment
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> Diffs
> >> >> >>> -----
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>>
> >> >>engine/orchestration/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java
> >> >> >>>25c67db
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> Diff: https://reviews.apache.org/r/22364/diff/
> >> >>*Mike Tutkowski*
> >> >*Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.*
> >> >e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com <javascript:;>
> >> >o: 303.746.7302
> >> >Advancing the way the world uses the cloud
> >> ><http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play>* *
> >>
> >>
> >
> > --
> > *Mike Tutkowski*
> > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.*
> > e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com
> > o: 303.746.7302
> > Advancing the way the world uses the cloud
> > <http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play>*™*
>
>
>
> --
> Daan
>



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