[weld-dev] Should we add Annotated.isAbstract()?

[Pete Muir]

Ah.

My main concern is that it would be very easy for users to break stuff  
totally. I think the spec would need to define some validation.

On 1 Nov 2009, at 15:30, Gavin King wrote:

> Well, yes, but it is very difficult to add stuff to interfaces which
> are implemented by users. That's a breaking change....
>
> On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Pete Muir <pmuir at redhat.com> wrote:
>> Ok, I see.
>>
>> Personally, I think this could wait until the next release, unless  
>> there is
>> a good use case where this would be required.
>>
>> On 1 Nov 2009, at 14:39, Gavin King wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah that was my initial thought too. But what if, for example, you
>>> overrode isAbstract() and then also wrapped the Producer?
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Nov 1, 2009, at 9:11 AM, Pete Muir <pmuir at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hmm, I'm not sure about this one. For example, what happens if
>>>> something takes an abstract method, and then, via the SPI, changes
>>>> the method or class to not be abstract (but doesn't provide any
>>>> implementation of the method/class). In this they will get a  
>>>> runtime
>>>> error when we try to call the method or instantiate the class.
>>>>
>>>> On 31 Oct 2009, at 01:56, Gavin King wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I suppose that there are places where the container checks if a  
>>>>> class
>>>>> or method is abstract. I guess it makes sense to indirect that?
>>>>>
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