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Guillaume Nodet commented on MNG-8490: -------------------------------------- I'm -1 on this. The role of an API is to decouple the contract from the implementation. All interfaces in Maven have almost a single implementation, except a couple of interfaces. The Single Interface Single Implementation is only an anti-pattern in a closed world, but the API is designed to be consumed by all plugins, extensions, etc... > Combine XmlNode and XmlNodeImpl > ------------------------------- > > Key: MNG-8490 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-8490 > Project: Maven > Issue Type: Improvement > Reporter: Elliotte Rusty Harold > Priority: Blocker > Labels: up-for-grabs > > Single use interfaces are an antipattern. Make everything simpler by having a > single concrete XmlNode class. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.10#820010)