Github user busbey commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/accumulo/pull/28#discussion_r28568451
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@@ -76,15 +76,25 @@ API
The public Accumulo API is composed of :
- * All public classes and interfaces in the org.apache.accumulo.core.client
- package, as as well as all of its subpackages excluding those named
*impl*.
- * Key, Mutation, Value, Range, Condition, and ConditionalMutation in
- org.apache.accumulo.core.data.
- * All public classes and interfaces in the org.apache.accumulo.minicluster
- package, as well as all of its subpackages excluding those named *impl*.
- * Anything with public or protected acccess within any Class or Interface
that
- is in the public API. This includes, but is not limited to: methods,
members
- classes, interfaces, and enums.
+All public types in the following packages and their subpackages excluding
+those named *impl*, *thrift*, or *crypto*.
+
+ * org.apache.accumulo.core.client
+ * org.apache.accumulo.core.data
+ * org.apache.accumulo.core.security
+ * org.apache.accumulo.minicluster
+
+A type is a class, interface, or enum. Anything with public or protected
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If I did then past-me was wrong. :)
package-protected stuff (meaning java members with no access modifier, just
to make sure we're on the same page) is only accessible if downstream folks
make classes in our package space. IMHO that's a party foul and folks should
expect such activity to be unsupported by us.
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