I think we should.... unless someone chimes in and disagrees, can you open a JIRA issue on this?
On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 10:30:00 -0800, Michael Merz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Should we add a bullet item to the FAQ section that explains the > position of the Beehive implementation relative to commons-attributes? > This seems to be a repeating theme on the list. [Apache's > commons-attributes provide non-standard "language extensions" with goals > similar to JSR-175 annotations for JDKs older than 1.5.] > > The answer -- distilled from previous discussions -- being that all of > the existing Beehive code depends on JDK 1.5 anyway (use of generics, > etc.) and that the programming model is fundamentally based on JSR 175 > annotations. Consequently, alternative support for commons-attributes > (and older JDKs) is not a goal for Beehive. > > -michael > >
