[all] External and Internal API's

[Mark Diggory]

I've been working with the Eclipse SDK quite a bit lately, Eclipse has a 
coding standard where they divide the API up into "external" and 
"internal" API's. Internal API's are subject to change, while External 
API's are more stable and regulated. The division of these API's is usually:

External API:
org.foo.bar
Internal API:
org.foo.bar.internal
Theses are similar to "Interface and Implementation" but without the 
association to OO Class/Interface terms already having "specific 
definitions".

I think this is very "savvy" concept for managing the codebase. I wonder 
if this is an idea that would be of benefit if implemented in the 
commons? Is this approach already used in some commons components?

-Mark
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