Github user keith-turner commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/accumulo/pull/28#discussion_r28599203
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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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> Sounds like package-protected should be mentioned with private as being
inaccessible.
It certainly wouldn't hurt to call this out. The only potential drawback I
can think of is making the stmt so long that no one reads its, but I don't
think thats the case here. Also it seem like I have heard @ctubbsii mention
that we build sealed jars that would prevent users from doing this.
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