[jboss-dev-forums] [Design of EJB 3.0] - Re: metadata

[wolfc]

We need a runtime model of meta data, not just the meta data itself. I don't want to parse or load / analyze classes just to use a piece of meta data.
So annotations represent our runtime model.

I also don't want to have a strong dependency on the container to write up new functionality. So if I want a @ReturnNonNull piece of 'meta data' and have an interceptor check that as a post condition on a method's return value, then I don't want to modify the container for that.

So in the end I think we'll have the getAnnotation methods.

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