[LUCENE-358] final classes like Document prevent simple tests and extensions

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Incomplete
• Affects Version/s: 1.4
• Component/s: core/other

Environment

Operating System: Linux
Platform: PC

• Bugzilla Id: 33877
• Assignee: Lucene Developers
• Reporter: Marc Guillemot
• Created: 07/Mar/05 22:28
• Updated: 28/Aug/22 11:20
• Resolved: 27/May/06 01:38

Description

Classes like Document or Field are final what make more complicate to write
junit tests for custom utility methods or to write custom extensions. Why are
these classes final? Wouldn't it be better for instance if Document would be an
interface?