[jira] [Created] (IMAGING-358) "RationalNumer" class is "public"

["Gilles Sadowski (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Gilles Sadowski created IMAGING-358:
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             Summary: "RationalNumer" class is "public"
                 Key: IMAGING-358
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IMAGING-358
             Project: Commons Imaging
          Issue Type: Wish
          Components: imaging.common.*
    Affects Versions: 1.0-alpha2
            Reporter: Gilles Sadowski
             Fix For: 1.0, 1.0-alpha3


As per its Javadoc, class [{{RationalNumber}}|https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-imaging/apidocs/org/apache/commons/imaging/common/RationalNumber.html] is tuned to the requirements of the TIFF format while its name purports that it's a general implementation of the "fraction" concept.
Which is it?

Do we want that utility to be part of [Imaging]'s public API (thus eliciting support to application developers who might use it beyond its intended scope)?
A dependency on [[Numbers]'s "fraction" module|https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-numbers/commons-numbers-docs/apidocs/org/apache/commons/numbers/fraction/package-summary.html], as proposed in IMAGING-309) would avoid the issue, and also consolidate (and/or help find potential bugs in) [Numbers]'s implementation.

If that proposal is not accepted, {{RationalNumber}} should preferably be moved to [Imaging]'s [{{internal}} package|https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-imaging/apidocs/org/apache/commons/imaging/internal/package-summary.html].



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