[infinispan-dev] public API/what should be preserve between minor releases?

[Manik Surtani]

On 21 Nov 2012, at 17:02, Mircea Markus <mmarkus at redhat.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Cache, CacheManager and all the API that's in the org.infinispan package needs to be backward compatible.
> 
> What about more obscure stuff, e.g. 
> RpcManager.invokeRemotelyInFuture(Collection<Address> recipients, ReplicableCommand rpc, boolean usePriorityQueue, NotifyingNotifiableFuture<Object> future);
> 
> This is still accessible through cache.getAdvancedCache().getRpcManager(), so it still counts as public API. I doubt that any user is using that method directly, but OTOH it's public so who knows.
> What do people think? Shall we be strict with regard to such 'obscure' methods between minor releases? 

More than something exposed via AdvancedCache, it's more of a concern when it comes to people writing custom interceptors and may have direct access to the RpcManager.

What do you intend to change in the RpcManager?

- M

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