[cdi-dev] [JBoss JIRA] (CDI-221) Throw definition error if the set of decorated types of a decorator is empty

[Pete Muir (JIRA)]

     [ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/CDI-221?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Pete Muir updated CDI-221:
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    Fix Version/s: 1.1 (Proposed)
      Component/s: Decorators

    
> Throw definition error if the set of decorated types of a decorator is empty
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: CDI-221
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/CDI-221
>             Project: CDI Specification Issues
>          Issue Type: Feature Request
>          Components: Decorators
>            Reporter: Marko Lukša
>             Fix For: 1.1 (Proposed)
>
>
> I propose the following addition to section 8.1:
> "If the set of decorated types of a decorator is empty, the container automatically detects the problem and treats it as a definition error."
> This would be helpful in cases where the developer is not aware that a decorator and decorated bean must share the same interface, and thinks that a decorator can be defined simply by extending the decorated class (as in the following example).
> {code}
> public class MyBean {
>     public Object foo() {...}
> }
> @Decorator
> public class MyDecorator extends MyBean {
>     @Inject @Delegate MyBean delegate;
>     public Object foo() {...}
> }
> {code}
> Even though the spec does explicitly state that "superclasses are not decorated types of the decorator", throwing an error would probably save some people's debugging time.

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