Github user vkorukanti commented on the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/drill/pull/390#issuecomment-188531968
Not sure of the policy around changing public APIs, but I think it is
better to keep the method around to avoid breaking existing storage plugins
until next major version release (2.x)
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