Github user ansell commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/incubator-commonsrdf/pull/25#discussion_r85232195
--- Diff: api/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/rdf/api/RDFTermFactory.java
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@@ -17,262 +17,61 @@
*/
package org.apache.commons.rdf.api;
-import java.io.Serializable;
-import java.util.Locale;
-
/**
- * Factory for creating RDFTerm and Graph instances.
- * <p>
- * It is not specified how an implementation should provide a
RDFTermFactory.
- * <p>
- * If an implementation does not support a particular method (e.g. it
requires
- * additional parameters or can't create graphs), then it MAY throw
- * {@link UnsupportedOperationException}, as provided by the
<code>default</code>
- * implementations in this interface.
+ * Factory for creating RDFTerm instances..
* <p>
- * If a factory method does not allow or support a provided parameter, e.g.
- * because an IRI is considered invalid, then it SHOULD throw
- * {@link IllegalArgumentException}.
- *
- * @see RDFTerm
- * @see Graph
- * @see Quad
+ * This interface is <strong>deprecated</strong> in favour of
+ * the richer {@link RDF}.
+ *
+ * @see RDF
*/
+@Deprecated
public interface RDFTermFactory {
- /**
- * Create a new blank node.
- * <p>
- * The returned blank node MUST NOT be equal to any existing
- * {@link BlankNode} instances according to {@link
BlankNode#equals(Object)}.
- *
- * @return A new, unique {@link BlankNode}
- * @throws UnsupportedOperationException
- * If the operation is not supported.
- */
default BlankNode createBlankNode() throws
UnsupportedOperationException {
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These default implementations have been removed in RDF. Is part of the
strategy to not use UnsupporetedOperationException anymore?
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