For vars that need to be accessed only within the package, there is the choice of package-protected variable or p-p getter/setter.
The latter is simpler, and is my preference. The problem with methods is that in theory they are easier to deal with when maintaining API compat. Protected and public fields are obvious potential issues and in theory one can easily report on them; this is not the same for methods. So less attention may be (is) paid to them. And they may be promoted to protected or public with not much thought of the consequences. However methods that are inadvertently exposed may not be easy to maintain. For example if the method relates to a field that has changed type or usage. On 8 November 2016 at 09:58, Stian Soiland-Reyes <[email protected]> wrote: > Agree to change them to private. If there are particular fields that > are always needed by a subclass, then it should be exposed as a > protected method. (The class is then later free to make those on > demand) > > On 8 November 2016 at 09:43, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 1:40 AM, sebb <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 8 November 2016 at 09:30, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 1:19 AM, sebb <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > >>> >> On 8 November 2016 at 07:34, Stian Soiland-Reyes <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >> > I don't think binary compatibility should include package level >>> access, >>> >> as >>> >> > long as that package is only used within a single Commons JAR, then we >>> >> are >>> >> > free to change those, at least in a new minor release. (I would say >>> even >>> >> > patch level unless serialisation is used). >>> >> > >>> >> > In particular, package level access means "don't touch" - it is of >>> course >>> >> > possible to break into it by compiling into "our" package, but I don't >>> >> see >>> >> > that as much different than introspection that changes access >>> modifiers >>> >> and >>> >> > is not something we should support. >>> >> > >>> >> > So I would say we can fix it and release it as a new minor version. >>> >> >>> >> +1 >>> >> >>> > >>> > Sounds good. FTR: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CRYPTO-129 >>> >>> Why allow changing package-private to protected? >>> >>> That is a retrograde step. >>> >>> If the code works without exposing the variables as protected, then >>> keep it like that otherwise we cannot change implementation later. >>> >>> IMO the main reason for using p-p access is allowing access outside a >>> class but without affecting the external API. >>> >>> Only constants should be part of the public/protected API, and even >>> those should be carefully considered. >>> >> >> I initially mentioned in this thread making the ivars private. A reply was >> made that protected was possible or desired for some ivars. The title of >> the ticket reflects and respects the two views. If it were up to me I would >> make them all private. >> >> Gary >> >> >>> > Gary >>> > >>> > >>> >> >>> >> > On 8 Nov 2016 12:15 am, "Gary Gregory" <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >> > >>> >> >> On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 4:11 PM, sebb <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> >> >>> >> >> > On 6 November 2016 at 19:56, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> >>> >> >> wrote: >>> >> >> > > Hi all, >>> >> >> > > >>> >> >> > > I see ivars left at the package access level. This must be an >>> >> >> oversight, >>> >> >> > > right? >>> >> >> > > >>> >> >> > > We can only fix that in 2.0 and a new package. What a bummer! >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> > I'm not sure I understand. >>> >> >> > Why would making package-protected fields private affect >>> >> compatibility? >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> >>> >> >> As a user, I can add a class to a [crypto] package and access the >>> ivars. >>> >> >> Then when change the access level, my code will no longer compile. 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