[seam-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (SOLDER-331) @Exact does not do what its name implies/JavaDoc states

[ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/SOLDER-331?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin... ] Richard Kennard updated SOLDER-331: ----------------------------------- Description: The Solder annotation @Exact does not do what its name implies/JavaDoc states: "An injection point qualifier that may be used to select the exact bean to be injected, by specifying its implementation class." In the test suite it tests: {{@Inject @Exact(Greyhound.class) private Dog dog;}} But all @Exact does behind the scenes (in CoreExtension.java) is: {{if (f.isAnnotationPresent(Exact.class)) { ... builder.overrideFieldType(f, type);}} So whilst you can restrict Dog to be 'exactly' Greyhound, if there exists another class BetterGreyhound: {{package org.jboss.solder.test.core; public class BetterGreyhound extends Greyhound}} You *cannot* restrict Dog from being BetterGreyhound. If BetterGreyhound exists and you try: {{@Inject @Exact(Greyhound.class) private Dog dog;}} You'll get: WELD-001409 Ambiguous dependencies for type [Greyhound] with qualifiers [@Default] at injection point [[field] @Exact @Inject private org.jboss.solder.test.core.RaceTrack.dog]. Possible dependencies [[Managed Bean [class org.jboss.solder.test.core.Greyhound] with qualifiers [@Any @Default @Named], Managed Bean [class org.jboss.solder.test.core.BetterGreyhound] with qualifiers [@Any @Default @Named]]] I think @Exact either: * needs to be a @Qualifier (which it used to be, and which its JavaDoc states it still is); or * needs to be renamed to @AtLeast; or * needs its JavaDoc updated to clarify that it can only resolve ambiguous superclasses, not subclasses was: The Solder annotation @Exact does not do what its name implies/JavaDoc states: "An injection point qualifier that may be used to select the exact bean to be injected, by specifying its implementation class." In the test suite it tests: {{@Inject @Exact(Greyhound.class) private Dog dog;}} But all @Exact does behind the scenes (in CoreExtension.java) is: {{if (f.isAnnotationPresent(Exact.class)) { ... builder.overrideFieldType(f, type);}} So whilst you can restrict Dog to be 'exactly' Greyhound, if there exists another class BetterGreyhound: {{package org.jboss.solder.test.core; public class BetterGreyhound extends Greyhound}} You *cannot* restrict Dog from being BetterGreyhound. If BetterGreyhound exists and you try: {{@Inject @Exact(Greyhound.class) private Dog dog;}} You'll get: WELD-001409 Ambiguous dependencies for type [Greyhound] with qualifiers [@Default] at injection point [[field] @Exact @Inject private org.jboss.solder.test.core.RaceTrack.dog]. Possible dependencies [[Managed Bean [class org.jboss.solder.test.core.Greyhound] with qualifiers [@Any @Default @Named], Managed Bean [class org.jboss.solder.test.core.BetterGreyhound] with qualifiers [@Any @Default @Named]]] I think @Exact either: * needs to be a @Qualifier (which it used to be, and which its JavaDoc states it still is); or * needs to be renamed to @AtLeast; or * needs its JavaDoc updated to clarify that it can only resolve ambiguious superclasses, not subclasses -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.jboss.org/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira