I cross-posted my reply, so this thread is on both lists now.
On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 3:32 PM, Jihoon Son <ghoon...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks.
>
> Should I send this email to the Apache mailing list as well?
>
> Jihoon
>
> 2018년 3월 30일 (금) 오후 1:58, Gian Merlino <g...@imply.io>님이 작성:
>
> > Hi Jihoon,
> >
> > The javadoc for @PublicApi explains the intent. They can change, but not
> > in a minor release. There should also
> > be some consensus around changing them. Once we are 1.0, then we should
> > only change PublicApis when going
> > to 2.0.
> >
> > Btw, since we are trying to migrate the dev mailing list to Apache,
> please
> > cross post this sort of thing with
> > d...@druid.incubator.apache.org, or even only post to that list.
> >
> > From the javadoc:
> >
> > > Signifies that the annotated entity is a public API for extension
> > authors. Public APIs may change in breaking ways
> > > only between major Druid release lines (e.g. 0.10.x -> 0.11.0), but
> > otherwise must remain stable. Public APIs may
> > > change at any time in non-breaking ways, however, such as by adding new
> > fields, methods, or constructors.
> > >
> > > Note that interfaces annotated with {@code PublicApi} but not with
> > {@link ExtensionPoint} are not meant to be
> > > subclassed in extensions. In this case, the annotation simply signifies
> > that the interface is stable for callers.
> > > In particular, since it is not meant to be subclassed, new non-default
> > methods may be added to an interface and
> > > new abstract methods may be added to a class.
> > >
> > > If a class or interface is annotated, then all public and protected
> > fields, methods, and constructors that class
> > > or interface are considered stable in this sense. If a class is not
> > annotated, but an individual field, method, or
> > > constructor is annotated, then only that particular field, method, or
> > constructor is considered a public API.
> > >
> > > Classes, fields, method, and constructors _not_ annotated with {@code
> > @PublicApi} may be modified or removed
> > > in any Druid release, unless they are annotated with {@link
> > ExtensionPoint} (which implies they are a public API
> > > as well).
> >
> > Gian
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 5:45 PM, Jihoon Son <jihoon...@apache.org>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi folks,
> >>
> >> I wonder what's the exact meaning of the 'PublicApi' annotation. From
> >> https://github.com/druid-io/druid/pull/4433,
> >>
> >> > @PublicApi which signifies something you're not meant to subclass, but
> >> that you can use for implementation.
> >>
> >> I can also see some methods can't be deleted because they are in some
> >> classes annotated with @PublicApi. Here is an example in TaskRunner.
> >>
> >> /**
> >> * Start the state of the runner.
> >> *
> >> * This method is unused, but TaskRunner is {@link PublicApi}, so we
> >> cannot remove it.
> >> */
> >> @SuppressWarnings("unused")
> >> void start();
> >>
> >> Does this mean @PublicApi classes must change in a backward-compatible
> >> way? Or can we change in a non-compatible way and call out when we
> release?
> >>
> >> If this is not defined yet, it would be good to start a discussion on
> >> this.
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> Jihoon
> >>
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