I agree!!! Since beehive anyway needs JDK1.5, there is no argument for using C-A (and non-standard annotations).
BTW, just out of curiousity - does someone know what are other Beehive components that depend on JDK1.5? Anil. --- Ken Tam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From the C-A FAQ: > > ---- > Q: How does Commons-Attributes fit in with the annotations in Java 1.5? > > A: With annotations we'll finally have a standard API for metadata in > Java. The downside is that we have to switch to Java 1.5. Since people > even now are still stuck with Java 1.2 and Java 1.3, it may be a while > before a project can require 1.5 and still have a reasonably-sized > audience and/or usefulness. > > This is where Commons-Attributes comes in. > > Ultimately this s a choice you must make based on your own > preconditions, but this is my advice: You should switch to 1.5 if you > can, given stability, compatibility et cetera. After all, it is the > standard that people will use when it becomes the standard (which it > will). However, if you foresee that you'll stick with 1.4 or earlier and > you think that metadata is the most cost-effective way of solving your > problem, then you should definitely take a closer look at > Commons-Attributes. > ---- > > Since JSR 181, and all of Beehive, are standardizing on JDK 1.5, I > don't think C-A is relevant. I suppose it's conceivably interesting to > port the 181 annotations to C-A, but it seems like that ought to be out > of scope for Beehive (at least at this point). > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sanjiva Weerawarana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 1:19 AM > To: Beehive Developers > Subject: Fw: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Commons-Attributes 2.1 Released > > Hi- how does this relate to the proposed JSR181 project here? > > Sanjiva. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Leo Sutic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 3:20 AM > Subject: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Commons-Attributes 2.1 Released > > > > The Jakarta Commons team is happy to announce the release of Commons > > Attributes 2.1. This is the first release of the new > > Commons-Attributes code. > > > > For more details, see the Attributes home page: > > > > http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/attributes/ > > > > The source and binaries are available for download from the usual > > places. Please remember to check the MD5 sum when download from a > > mirror. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
