[jira] Resolved: (JSEC-8) Change instance variables from private to protected

["Les Hazlewood (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JSEC-8?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Les Hazlewood resolved JSEC-8.
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    Resolution: Won't Fix

This isn't a good idea to do on a sweeping level, per Joshua Bloch's Effectie Java, Item #13 - it breaks the principals of encapsulation and what that means for maintainability over time in a widely-used framework.  While the protected modifer is good in some circumstances, it shouldn't be enforced across the board for all classes.

> Change instance variables from private to protected
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>                 Key: JSEC-8
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JSEC-8
>             Project: JSecurity
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Specification API
>            Reporter: Alan Cabrera
>             Fix For: 1.0
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> Currently most instance variables are private, which limits options when the classes are extended. We are standardizing on protected from now on, but the existing classes should be updated.

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