[seam-dev] SEAMINTL-27

[Shane Bryzak]

Solder also has a @Requires annotation which you might find useful - it 
allows you to specify a class name, and if that class is found on the 
classpath then that bean will be installed.

On 03/03/11 22:00, José Rodolfo Carrijo de Freitas wrote:
>
> Morning guys,
>
> I'm working at the issue https://issues.jboss.org/browse/SEAMINTL-27 
> and the problem here is caused by an optional dependency.
>
> <dependency>
>
> <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
> <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
> <optional>true</optional>
>
> </dependency>
>
> So, I was talking with ken, and there´re two suggested approaches:
>
>    1. Mark the implementation classes that use joda-time with @Veto
>       and require the developer to override that setting through XML
>       Config if they want to use them
>    2. Mark the set of JDK dateTime and joda-time classes as two
>       Alternative options and require the developer to specify which
>       one to use.
>
> What option do you think is the better approach? Do you have any other 
> idea?
>
> Either way we require the developer to say what he wants to use, This 
> could be useful in some situations, but I guess that most of times, 
> people just want to use the feature regarding what seam uses in its back.
>
> What do you think?
>
>
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