garydgregory commented on PR #588: URL: https://github.com/apache/httpcomponents-client/pull/588#issuecomment-2408590622
I tried changing the return type on a static method in a different project (Apache Commons IO) and JApiCmp failed with: ``` [ERROR] Failed to execute goal com.github.siom79.japicmp:japicmp-maven-plugin:0.23.0:cmp (default-cli) on project commons-io: There is at least one incompatibility: org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.touch(java.io.File):METHOD_RETURN_TYPE_CHANGED -> [Help 1] ``` We are not using the latest version in HC parent, so this could be a bug in an old version of JApiCmp. The JLS says that changing a return type is the same as removing and adding a method. See [13.4.15. Method Result Type](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se23/html/jls-13.html#jls-13.4.15) -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@hc.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@hc.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@hc.apache.org
