[cdi-dev] [JBoss JIRA] (CDI-471) Support repeating qualifiers in typesafe resolution mechanism

[John Ament (JIRA)]

     [ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/CDI-471?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

John Ament reassigned CDI-471:
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    Assignee: John Ament


> Support repeating qualifiers in typesafe resolution mechanism
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: CDI-471
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/CDI-471
>             Project: CDI Specification Issues
>          Issue Type: Feature Request
>          Components: Resolution
>            Reporter: Antonin Stefanutti
>            Assignee: John Ament
>              Labels: F2F2016
>             Fix For: 2.0 .Final
>
>
> As Java 8 provides improved support for [repeating annotations|http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/annotations/repeating.html], it would be valuable to percolate that support into the CDI typesafe resolution mechanism.
> For example, one could write:
> {code}
> @Qualifier
> @Repeatable(ContextNames.class)
> public interface @ContextName {
>     String value;
> }
> public @interface ContextNames {
>     ContextName[] value();
> }
> {code}
> And then:
> {code}
> @ContextName("ctx1")
> class CamelContext1 {
> }
> @ContextName("ctx2")
> class CamelContext2 {
> }
> @Uri("")
> @Produces
> @ContextName("ctx1")
> @ContextName("ctx2")
> static ProducerTemplate producerTemplate(InjectionPoint ip, @Any Instance<CamelContext> instance) {
> }
> {code}
> That enables to use annotations both as a CDI qualifiers and a metadata providers while still be relying on standard typesafe resolution mechanism during the deployment phase to detect unsatisfied or ambiguous dependencies.
> Support of the annotation container / list for backward compatibility could be provided as well.



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