[seam-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (SEAMXML-8) Review all deviations from the original JSR-299 draft spec

Review all deviations from the original JSR-299 draft spec ----------------------------------------------------------- Key: SEAMXML-8 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/browse/SEAMXML-8 Project: Seam XML Bean Config Issue Type: Task Reporter: Stuart Douglas There a quite a few changes from the draft spec, I have listed them below: 1) shorthand field value syntax You can do <ns:Company name="Red Hat, Inc." /> 2) Producer method / field syntax was: <ns:Bean> <ns:field> <Producer> <ns:SomeQualifier/> </Producer> </ns:field> </ns:Bean> I have changed this to: <ns:Bean> <ns:field> <Producer/> <ns:SomeQualifier/> </ns:field> </ns:Bean> 3) Setting initial field values You can now do: <ns:Bean> <ns:field> <Producer/> <value>10</value> </ns:field> <ns:field2>5</ns:field2> <ns:mapField> <entry><key>a</key><value>b</value></entry> <e><k>c</k><v>d</v></e> </ns:mapField/> </ns:Bean> The value key and entry tags can be shorted to just <v><k> and <e> tags. The <value> element was not able to be used like this in the original spec, so it was not possible to apply annotations and set the field value. 4) <overrides> and <specializes> tags 5) Change of syntax for constructor and method parameters In the draft spec method parameters are specified as direct children of the method like so: <ns:Bean> <ns:method> <Producer/> <ns:ParamType1><ns:SomeAnntation/></ns:ParamType1> <ns:SomeOtherAnnotation/> <ns:ParamType2/> </ns:method> </ns:Bean> This has been changed to: <ns:Bean> <ns:method> <Producer/> <ns:SomeOtherAnnotation/> <parameters> <ns:ParamType1><ns:SomeAnntation/></ns:ParamType1> <ns:ParamType2/> </parameters/> </ns:method> </ns:Bean> 6) Interface configuration Annotations / field values applied to an interface via XML are applied to all classes that implement that interface. 7) Generic Beans Intended as a tool for framework writers, generic beans allow you to define a set of beans generic that are related to a primary bean. Every time the user wires up a bean based on the primary bean Seam XML installs a corresponding version of each of the secondary beans, with the same qualifiers as the bean the user wired up. e.g. the Drools module uses this feature to install multiple beans every time the user wires up a DroolsConfig bean. 8) Multi dimensional arrays The dimensions attribute of the <array> tag was not in the original spec. It allows you to configure methods that take a multi-dimansional array as an argument. 9) Limiting the type of an injection point The original spec did not allow you to limit the type that is available for injection into an injection point: <n:myField> <s:Inject/> <s:type> <n:SubType/> </s:type> <n:myField/>