> the beancontext package was added (by me) in JDK 1.2 to provide JavaBeans(tm) > with a containment and services hierarchy. > > based upon concepts from OpenDoc, which was a popular component model at the > time, the API pre-dated the addition of language features such as > annotations, and the invention and adoption of programming design patterns > such as "Inversion of Control" and/or "Dependency Injection". > > This API (package) has not evolved with either the language or current design > trends, as such it is, at best, anachronistic, and is probably an > anti-pattern that should be avoided. > > This package is therefore deprecated **FOR REMOVAL IN AT FUTURE RELEASE**
Larry Cable has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains three additional commits since the last revision: - Merge branch 'openjdk:master' into 8321428 - added deprecation message to package-info as requested - 8321428: Deprecate for removal the package java.beans.beancontext ------------- Changes: - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18569/files - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18569/files/4e6aef0b..ff50d1a8 Webrevs: - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=18569&range=01 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=18569&range=00-01 Stats: 385074 lines in 3334 files changed: 32128 ins; 25872 del; 327074 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18569.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/18569/head:pull/18569 PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18569
