[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JGRP-723) Use Java annotations to automatically set protocol properties

[Bela Ban (JIRA)]

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Bela Ban commented on JGRP-723:
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I've thought about this before, but one big argument against it is that this would not work in the J2ME world. Annotations for exposing attrs and ops for JMX are okay, because this is optional in J2ME, but the protocol config isn't.
Let's discuss this during our Kreuzlingen meeting...

> Use Java annotations to automatically set protocol properties
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: JGRP-723
>                 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JGRP-723
>             Project: JGroups
>          Issue Type: Feature Request
>    Affects Versions: 2.7
>            Reporter: Vladimir Blagojevic
>         Assigned To: Vladimir Blagojevic
>             Fix For: 2.7
>
>
> Currently we use a lot of boiler plate code to read protocol properties specified in configuration file. We can eliminate this unnecessary code by using annotations and a bit of Java reflection that would assign protocol property values to matching Java fields, give warnings for deprecated properties, and so on. We should:
> 1) introduce @ProtocolProperty annotation 
> 2) annotate Protocol fields that are properties 
> 3) test framework
> 4) remove all current boilerplate code

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