Enis Soztutar created HBASE-12556:
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Summary: Create a golden file for testing client API source/binary
compatibility
Key: HBASE-12556
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-12556
Project: HBase
Issue Type: Sub-task
Reporter: Enis Soztutar
Assignee: Enis Soztutar
Fix For: 0.99.2
[~lhofhansl] had a suggestion (in some other jira I forgot) for doing a golden
file for the HBase API so that we can compare between releases to ensure that
we are keeping source and binary compatibility as defined in this document :
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p5pP7v2OuzSSaomK2S2v7sfKky1Hex6OqwsJO0sZTUY/edit
I think we can generate a file, commit it to the repo, and create a unit test
to check whether any API's are broken. Adding new InterfaceAudience.Public
interfaces has to modify this file so that it becomes an explicit decision.
The downside is that we have to modify the file every time we add a new API,
but it should be fine since it will force us to think more before committing to
supporting new interfaces within the same major versions.
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