Re: [weld-dev] Should we add Annotated.isAbstract()?

Well, yes, but it is very difficult to add stuff to interfaces which are implemented by users. That's a breaking change.... On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Pete Muir <pmuir(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > Ok, I see. > > Personally, I think this could wait until the next release, unless > there is > a good use case where this would be required. > > On 1 Nov 2009, at 14:39, Gavin King wrote: > >> Yeah that was my initial thought too. But what if, for example, you >> overrode isAbstract() and then also wrapped the Producer? >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Nov 1, 2009, at 9:11 AM, Pete Muir <pmuir(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: >> >>> Hmm, I'm not sure about this one. For example, what happens if >>> something takes an abstract method, and then, via the SPI, changes >>> the method or class to not be abstract (but doesn't provide any >>> implementation of the method/class). In this they will get a >>> runtime >>> error when we try to call the method or instantiate the class. >>> >>> On 31 Oct 2009, at 01:56, Gavin King wrote: >>> >>>> I suppose that there are places where the container checks if a >>>> class >>>> or method is abstract. I guess it makes sense to indirect that? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Gavin King >>>> gavin.king(a)gmail.com >>>> http://in.relation.to/Bloggers/Gavin >>>> http://hibernate.org >>>> http://seamframework.org >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> weld-dev mailing list >>>> weld-dev(a)lists.jboss.org >>>> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/weld-dev >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> weld-dev mailing list >> weld-dev(a)lists.jboss.org >> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/weld-dev > > -- Gavin King gavin.king(a)gmail.com http://in.relation.to/Bloggers/Gavin http://hibernate.org http://seamframework.org