[SPARK-6428] Add to style checker "public method must have explicit type defined"

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.4.0
• Component/s: Build
• Assignee: Reynold Xin
• Reporter: Reynold Xin
• Created: 20/Mar/15 07:08
• Updated: 24/Oct/15 07:06
• Resolved: 03/Apr/15 08:25

Description

Otherwise it is too easy to accidentally leak or define an incorrect return type in user facing APIs.

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: SPARK-1095 Ensure all public methods return explicit types
• relates to: SPARK-6429 Add to style checker "hashCode and equals should be defined together"
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #5102 (rxin)
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #5104 (rxin)
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #5108 (rxin)
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #5110 (rxin)
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #5125 (rxin)
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #5162 (rxin)
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #5342 (rxin)
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #9262 (aslesarenko)