[cdi-dev] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (CDI-123) Using Seam XML extension for CDI and Candi XML as a guide, let's add the ability to do XML config back into the specification

Sun May 1 13:47:18 EDT 2011

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Mark Struberg commented on CDI-123:
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Actually this has been in the spec originally and got dropped later. 
There are multiple reasons for dropping it:

a) it would bloat the spec (would take at least 10 pages to define all that stuff unambiguous)

b) back then there was a BIG discussion about the style. Some wanted it 'modern', others wanted it EJB like. 

c) Seam XML or any other configuration Extension is portable anyway.

d) In a Cluster/Cloud environment, you maybe like to configure your beans via the Database? So we could not satisfy all the needs anyway.

> Using Seam XML extension for CDI and Candi XML as a guide, let's add the ability to do XML config back into the specification
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>                 Key: CDI-123
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/CDI-123
>             Project: CDI Specification Issues
>          Issue Type: Feature Request
>          Components: Concepts
>            Reporter: Richard Hightower
>             Fix For: TBD
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> Using Seam's CDI XML extension for CDI and Candi XML as a guide, let's add the ability to do XML config back into the specification.
> Annotations and Alternatives should always be the first line of offense for doing injection, decoration and interception. However, there are times when you want to configure things that don't fit well into this model. This is also useful for testing.
> This is not to give up type safeness via annotations, but to have some additional flexibility.

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