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Jakob Homan updated HADOOP-5073: -------------------------------- Attachment: Nested.png This works fine. The javadoc is as readable as any of the others (attached image). {code} @Documented @Inherited public @interface Audience { @Documented public @interface Public {} @Documented public @interface LimitedPrivate { String target(); } @Documented public @interface Private {} } I don't believe this is an abuse of Annotations, rather it's a creative use of Java's rather cumbersome implementation. +1 {code} > Hadoop 1.0 Interface Classification - scope (visibility - public/private) and > stability > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-5073 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-5073 > Project: Hadoop Common > Issue Type: Sub-task > Reporter: Sanjay Radia > Assignee: Sanjay Radia > Attachments: 5073_demo.png, c5073_20090825.patch, c5073_20090825.png, > HADOOP-5073.patch, Nested.png > > > This jira proposes an interface classification for hadoop interfaces. > The discussion was started in email alias core-...@hadoop.apache.org in Nov > 2008. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.