steveloughran commented on code in PR #4996:
URL: https://github.com/apache/hadoop/pull/4996#discussion_r1306432364
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hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/ProtobufHelper.java:
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@@ -30,31 +30,36 @@
import org.apache.hadoop.thirdparty.protobuf.ServiceException;
/**
- * Helper methods for protobuf related RPC implementation
+ * Helper methods for protobuf related RPC implementation.
+ * This is deprecated because it references protobuf 2.5 classes
+ * as well as the shaded ones -and so needs an unshaded protobuf-2.5
+ * JAR on the classpath during execution.
+ * It MUST NOT be used internally; it is retained in case existing,
+ * external applications already use it.
*/
@InterfaceAudience.Private
-public class ProtobufHelper {
+@Deprecated
+public final class ProtobufHelper {
Review Comment:
valid point. can make non-final
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