[cdi-dev] [JBoss JIRA] (CDI-403) why decorator requires interface

[Antoine Sabot-Durand (JIRA)]

     [ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/CDI-403?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Antoine Sabot-Durand updated CDI-403:
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    Issue Type: Feature Request  (was: Clarification)


> why decorator requires interface
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>
>                 Key: CDI-403
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/CDI-403
>             Project: CDI Specification Issues
>          Issue Type: Feature Request
>            Reporter: Mathieu Lachance
>              Labels: F2F2016
>             Fix For: 2.0 (discussion)
>
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> As discussed with Jozef Hartinger on the WELD forum thread (see forum reference and CDI-224),
> would it be possible to revisit why decorator requires an interface ?
> I do not understand the semantic difference between:
> 1. a decorator to be an abstract class which implements an interface, which delegate to the same interface. 
> 2. a decorator to be a concrete class which extends a another class, which delegates to the same class.
> Why 1. should be allowed and why 2. should be disallowed ?
> As stated in CDI-224, if there is no technical reason of disallowing 2., should it be then considerate as a vendor specific feature to support it whether or not ?
> It is kind of sad that only decorators requires an interface while all the others Java EE 6 features do not.
> Thanks,



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