[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Updated: (JBRULES-2784) Use java-style annotations for metadata

[Mark Proctor (JIRA)]

     [ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBRULES-2784?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Mark Proctor updated JBRULES-2784:
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    Fix Version/s: 5.3.0.M1
                       (was: 5.2.0.M1)


> Use java-style annotations for metadata 
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>                 Key: JBRULES-2784
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBRULES-2784
>             Project: Drools
>          Issue Type: Feature Request
>      Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) 
>          Components: drools-compiler
>    Affects Versions: 5.2.0.M1
>            Reporter: Davide Sottara
>            Assignee: Mark Proctor
>            Priority: Trivial
>              Labels: drl, metadata
>             Fix For: 5.3.0.M1
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> Drools Metadata, allowed in rules and bean declarations, are conceptually similar to java annotations, but the actual structure is different: Drools is free-form, while Java uses (optional) key - element pairs:
> Drools : @attr( <free text here> )
> Java : @attr( key1 = value1, key2 ... )
> I suggest the use of Java-like annotations in place of free-form meta-attributes.
> Compatibility with official metadata (e.g. event definition) will be guaranteed.
> Could break compatibility if a user defined and used their own metadata in the code, as some constructs like @author(john doe) will no longer be accepted, even if @author("john doe"), @author(john, doe) or @author(name="john doe") will.

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