On Tue, 2 Apr 2024 16:58:19 GMT, Larry Cable <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 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 Marked as reviewed by iris (Reviewer). ------------- PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18569#pullrequestreview-1974465579
