[cdi-dev] [JBoss JIRA] (CDI-583) Observer resolution doesn't support Lambdas

[Antoine Sabot-Durand (JIRA)]

Antoine Sabot-Durand created CDI-583:
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             Summary: Observer resolution doesn't support Lambdas
                 Key: CDI-583
                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/CDI-583
             Project: CDI Specification Issues
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: Events
    Affects Versions: 2.0-EDR1, 1.2.Final
            Reporter: Antoine Sabot-Durand


As stated in various discussion on JDK8, lambda expressions don't allow to retrieve parameter types by reflection.

See:
http://jdk8-dev.openjdk.java.narkive.com/bSPiKxap/jdk-8-lambda-reflection-issues

As section 10.1 of the spec states:

bq. The event types of the event include all superclasses and interfaces of the runtime class of the event object.

In case of a lambda payload, observer resolution will fails when respecting the rule above since parameter type won't be retrieve from the lambda.

For instance the following code

{code}
    @Inject
    Event<Supplier<String>> stringSupplierEvent;
...
    Supplier<String> stringSupplier = () -> "Hello world";
    stringSupplierEvent.fire(stringSupplier);
{code}

will triggers an observer for {{Supplier}} but not an observer for {{Supplier<String>}}.






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