[cdi-dev] getBeanClass return value for build-in beans?

[Edward Burns]

>>>>> On Thu, 13 Aug 2015 15:24:00 +0200, Werner Keil <werner.keil at gmail.com> said:

>> In this particular case it concerns the javax.faces.jar for JSF 2.3.
>> Some vendors split up this archive in two, an API jar and an impl, jar
>> (although for JSF 2.3 we don't really encourage this).

WK> Could you explain, why the JSF 2.3 API and RI are molded together?
WK> If the API JAR is no longer separate from the RI (as it was till
WK> javax.faces-api-2.2.jar
WK> <http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=javax/faces/javax.faces-api/2.2/javax.faces-api-2.2.jar>)
WK> it seems, every vendor has to build that API JAR from scratch, or carry a
WK> 3-4 MB JAR where the API in 2.2 was just a little under 700kB ?;-|

We will be producing a separate API artifact for all the JCP
milestones.  

It is very important to note that the for all Java EE API jars,
including JSF, the only supported use is to satisfy compile time
dependencies.  Including a Java EE API jar in a runtime classpath is not
supported and may cause unexpected behavior.

If there is demand we can investigate producing a JSF API jar for
-SNAPSHOT releases as well.

Ed

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