Create cannot be idempotent because of the problem of watches and sequential files.
Similarly, mkdirs, rename and delete cannot generally be idempotent. In particular applications, you might find it is OK to treat them as such, but there are definitely applications where they are not idempotent. On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 2:40 AM, lei liu <liulei...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think these methods should are idempotent, these methods should be repeated > calls to be harmless by same client. > > > Thanks, > > LiuLei >