Hello.

Le jeu. 23 mai 2019 à 14:10, Alex Herbert <alex.d.herb...@gmail.com> a écrit :
>
>
> On 23/05/2019 12:53, sebb wrote:
> > Are the classes supposed to be final?
> > Or just the existing constructor(s)?
>
> The two package-private classes are definitely helper classes and should
> be final.
>
> The class with the clirr issue (it is actually an info) only has static
> methods. So currently it is a utility class.
>
> Changing it to have a new role with instance methods would be a design
> update that could be served by introducing a new class. However this
> class has taken the best name.
>
> Any instance role for the class would require that it is typed for
> generics. But a quick try seems to pass clirr.
>
> Gilles, any opinion on a future for ListSampler as:
>
> public class ListSampler<T> {
>
>     // Other static stuff (already in the class)...
>
>     T sample();
>
> }

Unless I'm missing something, this use-case is covered by
"CollectionSampler".[1]
"ListSampler" is for other use-cases (sublist, in-place shuffle).[2]

Regards,
Gilles

[1] 
http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-rng/commons-rng-sampling/javadocs/api-1.2/org/apache/commons/rng/sampling/CollectionSampler.html
[2] 
http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-rng/commons-rng-sampling/javadocs/api-1.2/org/apache/commons/rng/sampling/ListSampler.html

>
> Alex
>
>
> >
> > On Thu, 23 May 2019 at 12:51, Gilles Sadowski <gillese...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hello.
> >>
> >> Le jeu. 23 mai 2019 à 13:43, Alex Herbert <alex.d.herb...@gmail.com> a 
> >> écrit :
> >>> [rng] has three classes with a private constructor that are not
> >>> currently marked as final. 1 is public and 2 are package private.
> >>>
> >>> If I mark them as final then clirr:check ignores the package private
> >>> ones and produces this warning for the public one:
> >> If it's a "Warning" and not an "Error", I don't think that it could
> >> count as a release blocker.  [Confirmation from PMC members
> >> welcome...]
> >>
> >>> "Added final modifier to class, but class was effectively final anyway"
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Given the class could not have been extended (due to a private
> >>> constructor) it seems OK to allow the final modifier.
> >> I think so.
> >>
> >>> So can the final modifier be added? Is there a precedent here with
> >>> regard to releases?
> >> Cf. above.
> >>
> >> Gilles
> >>

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