Gilles Sadowski wrote: >>> Sorry I did not notice this before. I see it now flagged by the >>> Clirr report. The problem is here: >>> >>> - public BivariateRealFunction interpolate(final double[] xval, >>> - final double[] yval, >>> - final double[][] zval) >>> + public BicubicSplineInterpolatingFunction interpolate(final >>> >>> Changing the return type of a function is an incompatible change. >>> We should revert this change. >>> >> Even though BicubicSplineInterpolatingFunction implements >> BivariateRealFunction ? > > Hence, this is not an incompatible change.
Unfortunately, no. See http://commons.apache.org/releases/versioning.html http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/binaryComp.html (13.4.15) http://wiki.eclipse.org/Evolving_Java-based_APIs_2 Clients that recompile and just use the method will not break. Clients that do not recompile and/or extend the class may break. Phil > > Gilles > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
