Re: [webbeans-dev] Re: suggestion for Web Beans regarding @Named

That's really not a bad idea.

On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 12:26 AM, Dan Allen <dan.j.allen(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > You could put the @Named annotation on package-info.java to have it > apply to an entire package. In that case, you could go one of two > directions. You could either say that a @Named on package-info.java > enables qualified names for uses of @Named in that package OR you > could say that it just acts as a setting, in which case you would > still need @Named(qualified = true). Personally, I like the first way. > > -Dan > > On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 12:13 AM, Gavin King <gavin(a)hibernate.org&gt; wrote: >> Perhaps a better idea is some archive-level setting to change the behavior >> of @Named. Not sure... >> >> On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 12:11 AM, Gavin King <gavin(a)hibernate.org&gt; wrote: >>> Yeah, I hate it, but it probably does make sense. >>> >>> Send the proposal to the web beans group, I suppose. >>> >>> On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 12:05 AM, Dan Allen <dan.j.allen(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >>>> Gavin, >>>> >>>> I have a suggestion for Web Beans regarding the convention used by the >>>> @Named annotation. The nice part about this annotation is that it >>>> doesn't require the use of a string value to create a name that maps >>>> to the class name. In ~80% of cases, that is what people would do >>>> anyway. However, for framework builders, I can see them wanting to >>>> create fully-qualified names like in Seam to avoid naming conflicts. >>>> Would it be reasonable to propose adding an attribute to the @Named >>>> annotation that indicates the Java package should be prepended to the >>>> calculated name? >>>> >>>> @Named(qualified = true) >>>> >>>> That would avoid people slipping into the non-type safe pattern of: >>>> >>>> @Named("org.jboss.seam.core.expressions") >>>> >>>> -Dan >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Dan Allen >>>> Software consultant | Author of Seam in Action >>>> >>>> http://mojavelinux.com >>>> http://mojavelinux.com/seaminaction >>>> >>>> NOTE: While I make a strong effort to keep up with my email on a daily >>>> basis, personal or other work matters can sometimes keep me away >>>> from my email. If you contact me, but don't hear back for more than a week, >>>> it is very likely that I am excessively backlogged or the message was >>>> caught in the spam filters. Please don't hesitate to resend a message if >>>> you feel that it did not reach my attention. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Gavin King >>> gavin.king(a)gmail.com >>> http://in.relation.to/Bloggers/Gavin >>> http://hibernate.org >>> http://seamframework.org >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Gavin King >> gavin.king(a)gmail.com >> http://in.relation.to/Bloggers/Gavin >> http://hibernate.org >> http://seamframework.org >> > > > > -- > Dan Allen > Software consultant | Author of Seam in Action > > http://mojavelinux.com > http://mojavelinux.com/seaminaction > > NOTE: While I make a strong effort to keep up with my email on a daily > basis, personal or other work matters can sometimes keep me away > from my email. If you contact me, but don't hear back for more than a week, > it is very likely that I am excessively backlogged or the message was > caught in the spam filters. Please don't hesitate to resend a message if > you feel that it did not reach my attention. > _______________________________________________ > webbeans-dev mailing list > webbeans-dev(a)lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/webbeans-dev > -- Gavin King gavin.king(a)gmail.com http://in.relation.to/Bloggers/Gavin http://hibernate.org http://seamframework.org