[bv-dev] Value extraction open issue #9: extractors for specific parameterized types

Hi, Another one from the open issues list: Should we allow extractors to be defined for specific parameterized types, e.g.: public class ListOfIntegerExtractor implements ValueExtractor<List<@ExtractedValue Integer>> { ... } public class ListOfStringExtractor implements ValueExtractor<List<@ExtractedValue String>> { ... } Currently, a value extractor may only mark a wild-card type parameter with @ExtractedValue: public class ListOfStringExtractor implements ValueExtractor<List<@ExtractedValue ?>> { ... } The reason being to cut down on complexity and the lack of any use case. Is there any scenario where one would want to extract a list of Integer differently than a list String? I would thus only support wildcard type parameters in extractor definitions, unless someone else can see a compelling use case for the more liberal model. Note we always can relax the requirement in a future revision. Thanks, --Gunnar