[cdi-dev] Accepting class type for simple (qualifier) annotations in APIs?

[arjan tijms]

Hi,

Wouldn't it be convenient as the CDI API that now requires an Annotation
instance in various APIs, would also accept the class type of that
Annotation?

E.g. in BeanManager there's this method:

Set<Bean<?>> getBeans(Type beanType, Annotation... qualifiers)

This not rarely requires one to create an AnnotationLiteral, which is not
specifically difficult but a tad verbose. For qualifiers that have no
(binding) attributes, a simple Class would be much easier to use.

Thoughts?

Kind regards,
Arjan Tijms
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