Public class removed in bugfix release?

[gus-asf]

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NullOutputStream was removed which means when gradle tries to substitute the highest version among several dependencies one can get java.lang.ClassNotFoundException errors for this... super irritating, and forcing me to backtrack to 3.1.6 instead of 3.1.7.

Removing public classes is not a typical thing for bugfix releases, and doesn't seem to fit the "3.1 compatible release" phrase.

[jansupol]

I agree that we did not need to remove that class.

On the other hand, that is an internal package which may be a subject of a change between versions.

I do not see a reason why not to put it back for 3.x

[gus-asf]

It's not like I'm using it in my code. Something else is probably invoking it via an older jersey package, but commons got upgraded by something else. The upshot is dropping in your new bugfix version can blow up a project, and reverting resolves the issue. If that's ok then... I guess it's ok. I'll just fiddle with my dependencies and force it not use your new version.

[gus-asf]

Ah I see I failed at parsing the double negative above. Thanks for fixing this.

[joakime]

Seeing as Jersey 3.1.x is on JDK11, note that there is a JDK built-in replacement for NullOutputStream.

• https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/17/docs/api/java.base/java/io/OutputStream.html#nullOutputStream()

[jansupol]

Seeing as Jersey 3.1.x is on JDK11, note that there is a JDK built-in replacement for NullOutputStream.

Yes, that's why it has been removed. But the customers are used to utilize Jersey NullOutputStream which is for some reason public.