Hi guys,
could CDI 2 do step forward for generic producers?
The need is to produce any type (with a particular qualifier) without the need of an extension:
@Produces
@MyQualifier
Object create(InjectionPoint ip) { ... }
This is actually a common pattern (for configuration, or to integrate with 3rd party libs) and today the only hope to do so is to write an extension which is a bit technical and verbose for the result IMO.
I guess for compatibility reason we would need to do something like:
@Produces
@MyQualifier
@Generic
Object create(InjectionPoint ip) { ... }
and say that if there is a unique resolved bean thanks to qualifiers which is annotated @Generic then use this producer.
wdyt?