[KUDU-2407] Replica.getRoleAsEnum exposes Protobuf generated classes in public API

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.5.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.8.0
• Component/s: client
• Labels: beginner
• Target Version/s: 1.8.0
• Assignee: Grant Henke
• Reporter: Grant Henke
• Created: 13/Apr/18 16:05
• Updated: 13/Apr/18 17:52
• Resolved: 13/Apr/18 17:52

Description

The return type for Replica.getRoleAsEnum() in the Java client is org.apache.kudu.consensus.Metadata.RaftPeerPB.Role.

At a minimum we should mark this as InterfaceAudience.Private. If we do intend the method to be public API we should map it to a public enum owned by the client.