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Having a consistent and functional API is critical in software development. There is a famous saying: "API is forever". This is true. Once a class, interface or method is public or protected, it cannot be deleted and is expected to function until the end of time, even when deprecated.
Due to the number of different packagesIn OpenJFX, due to package visibility or other reasons, sometimes a method needs to be public or protected so that it can be called as part of the implementation of OpenJFXthe toolkit. Such methods have the "imp_" prefix. These methods are not API and can be deleted or changed at any time (the JavaDoc clearly states this).
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Because API is so important, there are a few more restrictions over and above the normal code review process:
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