Hi all. I've been a lurker on the list for a while and have been reading and studying the spec like a mad man. If I go off the rails here feel free to let me know. :)<br><br>The only thing I can think of as a possible issue with this is Web Bean specialization? Static methods cannot be overridden and only hidden by sub-classes and the declared type (any actual instance is ignored) is used to resolve which static method is called. If you had a static Foo#producerMethod and a specialization of a static MockFoo#producerMethod Web Beans would have to know to call MockFoo.producerMethod and couldn't rely on Foo.producerMethod to resolve polymorphically to the specialized producer method.<br>
<br>I don't think it would be a problem that couldn't be overcome but it would seem to complicate the specialization rules quite a bit.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Gavin King <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gavin@hibernate.org">gavin@hibernate.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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From: Gavin King <<a href="mailto:gavin@hibernate.org">gavin@hibernate.org</a>><br>
Date: Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 12:50 PM<br>
Subject: static producers<br>
To: Java Community Process JSR #299 Expert List <<a href="mailto:JSR-299-EG@jcp.org">JSR-299-EG@jcp.org</a>><br>
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Question:<br>
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should we allow producer methods and fields to be declared "static"?<br>
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This would mean that the Web Bean manager does not need to instantiate<br>
an instance of the Web Bean that declares the producer method/field<br>
when invoking the method/field.<br>
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I can't think of a good reason why *not*...<br>
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Furthermore, should we allow static observer and disposal methods?<br>
Again, I can't quite think of a reason why *not*...<br>
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