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  • Documentation
    • Clarified the supported consumer API and compatibility commitments, including what counts as a breaking change and how support changes are handled.
    • Explained Java and Jackson support: Java 21 is the minimum, CI also tests a newer LTS, and Jackson support lines have separate adapters and policies.
    • Updated build guidance to distinguish the Java runtime minimum from the JDK needed for local builds, and added compatibility guidance to the documentation navigation.

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The change adds a compatibility and support policy for the consumer API, Java, and Jackson. It also documents and tests a Core boundary that prevents internal types from appearing in public or protected consumer signatures.

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Compatibility and support policy

Layer / File(s) Summary
Define compatibility and support
docs/site/compatibility.md
Defines the supported API boundary, compatibility review criteria, Java support, Jackson support lines, and dependency-version responsibilities.
Publish and apply the policy
README.md, docs/README.md, docs/site/index.md, mkdocs.yml, docs/release.md
Adds compatibility-policy links and navigation, distinguishes Java runtime and local build requirements, and adds compatibility checks to the release review instructions.

Core signature boundary

Layer / File(s) Summary
Document and test the signature boundary
docs/adr/009-architectural-tests.md, jsonapi-java-core/README.md, jsonapi-java-core/src/test/java/com/kazforge/jsonapi/core/internal/ArchitectureCoreInternalException.java, jsonapi-java-core/src/test/java/com/kazforge/jsonapi/core/model/ArchitectureCoreSignatureFixture.java, jsonapi-java-core/src/test/groovy/com/kazforge/jsonapi/core/architecture/CoreDependencyRulesSpec.groovy
Documents which signatures must not expose core.internal types. Adds fixtures and architecture checks for exposed signatures, inheritance, generic types, and exceptions, while testing that private implementation use remains allowed.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Other

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to f1f1f

No current consumer API violation was found. The signature check could miss a future inherited exposure; fixing it before merge would strengthen the new boundary test.

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Security architecture risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to f1f1f

The change formalizes compatibility commitments and adds test-only safeguards. The reviewed changes do not expand production access, change dependency selection, or introduce a material security risk.

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  • inferred — The two flagged public declarations do not expand production attacker reachability: both are test-source fixtures, and the production signature scan excludes test classes. Their deliberate internal-type exposure exercises the guard rather than creating a new consumer attack path.
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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)
jsonapi-java-core/src/test/groovy/com/kazforge/jsonapi/core/architecture/CoreDependencyRulesSpec.groovy (1)

203-207: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Scan inherited public and protected members.

ArchUnit 1.5.1 distinguishes declared members from hierarchy-wide members. The current scan checks only candidate.methods and candidate.fields, so a public subclass can bypass the signature check when a package-private superclass declares the leaking member.

A public inherited member is available through the public subclass. A protected member remains relevant to downstream subclasses under this repository’s public/protected signature rule. Use allMethods and allFields, and add a package-private-superclass fixture.

Suggested scanner fix
-    candidate.methods.findAll { isExposedMember(it) }.each { member ->
+    candidate.allMethods.findAll { isExposedMember(it) }.each { member ->
       types.addAll(exposedTypes(member))
     }
-    candidate.fields.findAll { isExposedMember(it) }.each { member ->
+    candidate.allFields.findAll { isExposedMember(it) }.each { member ->
       types.addAll(member.allInvolvedRawTypes)
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Review comment at
@jsonapi-java-core/src/test/groovy/com/kazforge/jsonapi/core/architecture/CoreDependencyRulesSpec.groovy
around lines 203 - 207:
Update the member scan to use ArchUnit’s hierarchy-wide allMethods and allFields
collections instead of candidate.methods and candidate.fields, while retaining
the isExposedMember filter and existing type collection. Add a fixture with a
package-private superclass to verify inherited public and protected members are
checked.

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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Review comments at
@jsonapi-java-core/src/test/groovy/com/kazforge/jsonapi/core/architecture/CoreDependencyRulesSpec.groovy:
- Around line 203-207: Update the member scan to use ArchUnit’s hierarchy-wide
allMethods and allFields collections instead of candidate.methods and
candidate.fields, while retaining the isExposedMember filter and existing type
collection. Add a fixture with a package-private superclass to verify inherited
public and protected members are checked.

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  • README.md
  • docs/README.md
  • docs/adr/009-architectural-tests.md
  • docs/release.md
  • docs/site/compatibility.md
  • docs/site/index.md
  • jsonapi-java-core/README.md
  • jsonapi-java-core/src/test/groovy/com/kazforge/jsonapi/core/architecture/CoreDependencyRulesSpec.groovy
  • jsonapi-java-core/src/test/java/com/kazforge/jsonapi/core/internal/ArchitectureCoreInternalException.java
  • jsonapi-java-core/src/test/java/com/kazforge/jsonapi/core/model/ArchitectureCoreSignatureFixture.java
  • mkdocs.yml

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kazemek force-pushed the chore/compatibility-policy branch from f1f1f59 to 49e503b Compare October 2, 2026 18:58
@kazemek kazemek changed the title chore: define compatibility policy and guard core API signatures docs: clarify public API ownership and release review policy Oct 2, 2026
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kazemek force-pushed the chore/compatibility-policy branch from 49e503b to 6120232 Compare October 2, 2026 19:07
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kazemek merged commit ee7d6a0 into main Oct 2, 2026
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