We use @InterfaceStability.Stable in our codebase. If backward compatibility is kept, isn't the class / interface Stable ?
Cheers On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 8:48 PM, Chia-Ping Tsai <chia7...@apache.org> wrote: > hi folks, > > We have added many Public "read-only" interface in 2.0 to save user from > the dangerous operations. For example, TableDescriptor, > ColumnFamilyDescriptor, Region, Store, etc. However, this change make us be > hard to enhance these interface (ie. add the new APIs) because the BC will > be broken for the user having the subclass of these interfaces. In contrast > with Cell, Filter, and coprocessor, these new interfaces are NOT designed > to be a extendable class for user but we have no explicit caveat. As I see > it, it is necessary to introduce an new annotation to explicitly say "you > CAN extend this Public class with the BC guarantee". User should not extend > the Public classes which don't have the such annotation. > > Any suggestions? > > Cheers > Chia-Ping >
