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[jira] [Closed] (NET-396) POP3.setState() should not be public

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NET-396?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Sebb closed NET-396.
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> POP3.setState() should not be public
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>
>                 Key: NET-396
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NET-396
>             Project: Commons Net
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: POP3
>    Affects Versions: 2.2
>            Reporter: Sebb
>
> The POP3 method setState() is public. However, the state should only be settable by library methods, not by client code, otherwise the state checks won't work correctly.
> Changing the visibility would break binary compatibility.
> To maintain compatibility there could be a new method (package-private, which would give test cases access) which is allowed to set the state. Also change the public method to either do nothing or throw an UnsupportedOperationException.
> The getState() method can remain public.

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