[jira] [Commented] (ACCUMULO-2486) Use covariant return types in SKVI.deepCopy

["Mike Drob (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Mike Drob commented on ACCUMULO-2486:
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[~ctubbsii] - I would be interested in your opinion on this.

> Use covariant return types in SKVI.deepCopy
> -------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: ACCUMULO-2486
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ACCUMULO-2486
>             Project: Accumulo
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>            Reporter: Mike Drob
>             Fix For: 1.7.0
>
>
> Starting with Java 5, subclasses with method overrides can declare covariant return types. In general, I believe that we want to do this, as it provides stronger type guarantees with not a lot of extra cost.
> Example:
> {code}
> public interface SortedKeyValueIterator {
>       SortedKeyValueIterator deepCopy(IteratorEnvironment env);
> }
> public interface InterruptibleIterator extends SortedKeyValueIterator {
>       @Override
>       InterruptibleIterator deepCopy(IteratorEnvironment env);
> }
> {code}
> I believe this change will be fully backwards compatible with the existing APIs.



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