[HIVE-5216] Need to annotate public API in HCatalog

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.12.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.13.0
• Component/s: HCatalog, WebHCat
• Assignee: Eugene Koifman
• Reporter: Eugene Koifman
• Created: 05/Sep/13 00:51
• Updated: 27/Oct/13 09:19
• Resolved: 24/Oct/13 20:33

Description

need to annotate which API is considered public using something like
@InterfaceAudience.Public
@InterfaceStability.Evolving

Currently this is what is considered (at a minimum) public API
HCatLoader
HCatStorer
HCatInputFormat
HCatOutputFormat
HCatReader
HCatWriter
HCatRecord
HCatSchema

This is needed so that clients/dependent projects know which API they can rely on and which can change w/o notice.