On Jun 14, 2016 7:45 AM, "Matt Benson" <gudnabr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 2:14 AM, Andrey Loskutov <losku...@gmx.de> wrote: > > > I like the way Eclipse it does for years: > > > > 1) Everything inside **/internal/ packages is non API by definition > > 2) MANIFEST.MF to use OSGI "Export-Package" attribute for "published" > > packages > > 3) Javadoc @noextend tag for classes not intended to be extended > > 4) Javadoc @noimplement tag for interfaces > > > > If "real" annotations were used for points 3 and 4, they could live > alongside a Java (6) Processor that, if the user had annotation processing > enabled, could fail the build (pretty sure this is doable).
But where do these annotations live? Does each Commons component duplicate them? Gary > > Matt > > > > A bonus for libraries with correct MANIFEST.MF is that they can be > > directly used as bundles inside any OSGI container (also Eclipse). > > > > Example: > > /** > > * An observable value whose changes can be vetoed by listeners. > > * > > * @param <T> > > * the type of value being observed > > * > > * @noextend This interface is not intended to be extended by clients. > > * @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by > > clients. > > * Clients should instead subclass one of the classes that > > * implement this interface. Note that direct implementers of > > this > > * interface outside of the framework will be broken in future > > * releases when methods are added to this interface. > > * > > * @since 1.0 > > * > > */ > > public interface IVetoableValue<T> extends IObservableValue<T> { > > > > Kind regards, > > Andrey Loskutov > > > > http://google.com/+AndreyLoskutov > > > > > > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 14. Juni 2016 um 09:03 Uhr > > > Von: "Jörg Schaible" <joerg.schai...@bpm-inspire.com> > > > An: dev@commons.apache.org > > > Betreff: Re: [ALL] About binary compatibility > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > James Carman wrote: > > > > > > > Agree we should have a "source of truth". Is there something wrong with > > > > using an "internal" or "impl" package name? The bundle plugin for OSGi > > > > doesn't export these by default, which would be a nice side effect! :). > > > > > > While it is a step in the right direction, a package scoped solution does > > > not solve the problem of a public interface that should not be > > implemented > > > directly (as we've seen with the BCEL visitor). Time for Java 8 and its > > > default implementations ... > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Jörg > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > >