RE: [cdt-dev] [DSF] SessionType

[John Cortell <rat042@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 07:55 AM 7/9/2010, Marc Khouzam wrote:
>  The problem is that your original suggestion added an method to an 
> interface.
>
> interface myInterfae {
>   void foo();
> }
>
> class myClass implements myInterface {
>   void foo() { }
> }
>
> If I add method bar() to myInterface, myClass will suddenly not 
> compile anymore
> because it _must_ implement bar().

BTW, you can add a method to an interface that is @noextend and 
@noimplement without breaking backwards compatibility. I.e., if the 
interface is strictly something a client invokes, then a new method 
is a backward compatible extension of the interface.