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Jonathan Gray commented on HBASE-2972: -------------------------------------- I thought in java6 that @Override could now be used with interfaces. I find it an extremely useful annotation and my eclipse generates the @override when it auto-creates a class that implements an interface. http://blogs.sun.com/ahe/entry/override_snafu Is your redhat eclipse doing java5 verification? > remove all inappropriate @Override decorators > --------------------------------------------- > > Key: HBASE-2972 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-2972 > Project: HBase > Issue Type: Improvement > Reporter: Andrew Purtell > Assignee: Andrew Purtell > Priority: Minor > Fix For: 0.20.7, 0.90.0 > > Attachments: HBASE-2972-0.20.patch, HBASE-2972-trunk.patch > > > Red Hat's version of Eclipse barfs all over the place on HBase code. The > problem is technically inappropriate use of the @Override decorator. See > http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Override.html. > Should only be used when a method declaration is intended to override a > method declaration in a superclass, NOT an interface. > Attached janitorial patches removes all inappropriate @Override decorators on > interface methods on trunk and 0.20 branch. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.