[cdi-dev] CDI and generics

Romain Manni-Bucau rmannibucau at gmail.com
Mon Jul 15 01:55:09 EDT 2013


+1, if we are no more aligned on something so simple in plain java we are
useless i fear :(

(i used and saw it used in a lot of real apps)


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2013/7/14 Mark Struberg <struberg at yahoo.de>

> folks, this breaks backward compatibility
>
>
> In CDI 1.0 it was perfectly fine to do the following
>
>     @Produces
>     @Dependent
>     public <KEY, VALUE extends Serializable> Cache<KEY, VALUE>
> getDefaultCache(InjectionPoint injectionPoint) {
>         Type ipType = injectionPoint.getType();
>         String cacheName = null;
>
>         if (ipType instanceof ParameterizedType) {
>             ParameterizedType generic = (ParameterizedType) ipType;
>             Type[] paramTypes = generic.getActualTypeArguments();
>             if (paramTypes == null || paramTypes.length != 2) {
>                 throw new RuntimeException("illegal param types for
> generic type " + ipType);
>             }
>
>             if (paramTypes[1] instanceof Class) {
>                 cacheName = ((Class) paramTypes[1]).getSimpleName();
>             }
>             else {
>                 cacheName = paramTypes[1].toString();
>             }
>         }
>
>         return getCache(cacheName);
>     }
>
>
>
> usage:
>
>
> @Inject
> private Cache<String, IdmUser> userCache;
>
>
> With your new interpretation you basically trash this, right?
> For having a generic producer you would need to create a distinct producer
> method for each and every usage. This just doesn't work out in practice...
>
>
>
> LieGrue,
> strub
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Martin Kouba <mkouba at redhat.com>
> To: Arne Limburg <arne.limburg at openknowledge.de>
> Cc: "cdi-dev at lists.jboss.org" <cdi-dev at lists.jboss.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, 10 July 2013, 14:01
> Subject: Re: [cdi-dev] CDI and generics
>
> No, it's not necessary. We'll fix this within CDITCK-349 [1]. Leave a
> comment if you wish :-)
>
> Thanks
> Martin
>
> [1]
> https://issues.jboss.org/browse/CDITCK-349
>
>
> Dne 10.7.2013 13:52, Arne Limburg napsal(a):
> > OK, so shall I create a TCK issue for that?
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Arne
> >
> > Am 10.07.13 13:50 schrieb "Martin Kouba" unter <mkouba at redhat.com>:
> >
> >> Hi Arne,
> >>
> >> I think so (except the required type is Baz<List<Qux>>) - there is no
> >> bean with assignable bean type for this IP (according to CDI 1.1 rules
> >> of course).
> >>
> >> Martin
> >>
> >> Dne 10.7.2013 13:16, Arne Limburg napsal(a):
> >>> Hi Martin,
> >>>
> >>> So, which bean should be injected into
> >>> @Inject
> >>>     private Baz<List<T2>> t2BazList;
> >>> ?
> >>>
> >>> Baz<T> is also not assignable to Baz<List<String>>, because
> List<String>
> >>> is also not assignable from Object.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Am I right, that the test should throw an
> >>> UnsatisfiedResolutionException?
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> Arne
> >>>
> >>> Am 08.07.13 12:17 schrieb "Martin Kouba" unter <mkouba at redhat.com>:
> >>>
> >>>> Re Arne's question:
> >>>> Yes, Baz is a managed bean and AmbiguousResolutionException should not
> >>>> be thrown because Qux is not a managed bean (doesn't have a public
> >>>> no-arg constructor).
> >>>>
> >>>> Re Marko's findings:
> >>>> Yes, the TCK assertions are not up to date and Baz<T> is not
> assignable
> >>>> to Baz<String>, because String is not assignable from Object (no bound
> >>>> is defined -> Object is assumed; see JSL 4.4). So I confirm a TCK
> >>>> issue.
> >>>>
> >>>> IMO this would deserve a proper cleanup...
> >>>>
> >>>> Martin
> >>>>
> >>>> Dne 8.7.2013 01:22, Marko Lukša napsal(a):
> >>>>> I'd say it's a bug. While Baz indeed is a managed bean, it shouldn't
> >>>>> be
> >>>>> injected into injection point with type Baz<String> nor
> >>>>> Baz<List<Qux>>.
> >>>>> So I believe you're right in saying that this test should fail with
> >>>>> UnsatisfiedResolutionException.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> There was a change made to the spec way back in 2010 (see [1]), but
> >>>>> the
> >>>>> TCK apparently wasn't updated then. I've filed an issue in the TCK
> >>>>> jira
> >>>>> [2].
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The problem isn't only in the TCK, but also in the spec itself. Some
> >>>>> of
> >>>>> the examples in section 5.2.4 don't conform to the rules defined in
> >>>>> the
> >>>>> same section (according to the rules, bean Dao<T extends Persistent>
> >>>>> shouldn't be eligible for injection into Dao<Order> or Dao<User>). I
> >>>>> remember asking about this a year ago ([3]), but I didn't articulate
> >>>>> the
> >>>>> problem properly.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> [1]
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> https://github.com/cdi-spec/cdi/commit/b32243350ace6a0bba337f91a35f5fd0
> >>>>> 5c
> >>>>> 151f14
> >>>>> [2] https://issues.jboss.org/browse/CDITCK-349
> >>>>> [3] http://lists.jboss.org/pipermail/cdi-dev/2012-April/001742.html
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Marko
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On 7.7.2013 16:04, Arne Limburg wrote:
> >>>>>> Hi all,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> At the OpenWebBeans list we are currently discussing handling of
> >>>>>> generics in CDI.
> >>>>>> I found a test in the CDI 1.1 TCK, which imho has a bug. The test
> >>>>>> is
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> org.jboss.cdi.tck.tests.inheritance.generics.MemberLevelInheritanceTes
> >>>>>> t
> >>>>>> and the (simplified) deployment scenario is the following:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> public class Baz<T> {
> >>>>>> }
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> public class Qux extends Baz<String> {
> >>>>>> }
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> @Vetoed
> >>>>>> public class Bar<T1, T2> {
> >>>>>>   @Inject
> >>>>>>   private Baz<T1> baz;
> >>>>>>   @Inject
> >>>>>>   private Baz<List<T2>> t2BazList;
> >>>>>> }
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> @RequestScoped
> >>>>>> public class Foo extends Bar<String, Qux> {
> >>>>>> }
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> public class Producer {
> >>>>>>   @Produces
> >>>>>>   @Amazing
> >>>>>>   public String produceString() {
> >>>>>>     return "ok";
> >>>>>>   }
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>   @Produces
> >>>>>>   public String[] produceStringArray() {
> >>>>>>     return new String[0];
> >>>>>>   }
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>   @Produces
> >>>>>>   public Baz<Baz<Qux>> produceBazBazQux() {
> >>>>>>     return new Baz();
> >>>>>>   }
> >>>>>> }
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The class Bar has some more injection points, but that does not
> >>>>>> matter.
> >>>>>> Due to the TCK this deployment should work, but I don't know how.
> >>>>>> Question: Is Baz a Bean (I suppose so) and may it be injected into
> >>>>>> Bean Foo, more precisely into the second injection point of class
> >>>>>> Bar?
> >>>>>> - If yes, it also should be injected into the first injection
> >>>>>> point, right? This would lead to an AmbiguousResolutionException
> >>>>>> since
> >>>>>> Qux may also be injected into the first injection point.
> >>>>>> - If no, the deployment should fail with a
> >>>>>> UnsatisfiedResolutionException since there is no Bean that can be
> >>>>>> injected into that injection point.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Is this a bug in the TCK and if not, how is this supposed to work?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Cheers,
> >>>>>> Arne
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
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