Hey Eddie, I have some time to take look at this one. I'll go ahead and start working on a fix, assuming no one on the list has any issues with this change.
- Chad On 3/31/06, Eddie O'Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jess-- > > Heh...that's a pretty interesting problem. After looking at the > repro, it seems like this is the case that doesn't work: > > src/ > a/ > FooControl.java > FooControlImpl.java > b/ > FooControl.java > FooControlImpl.java > ControlClient.java > > where ControlClient has something like: > > @Control > private FooControlBean _fooControl; > > If I understand this correctly, the problem is that the > ControlClientAnnotationProcessor takes a best guess when it can't find > an exact match for the name of the Control's interface type. > > An "interfaceHint" attribute would allow the AP a chance to resolve > the type if the type isn't otherwise available from the field's > declaration. The above example would then look something like: > > @Control(interfaceHint=a.FooControl.class) > private FooControlBean _fooControl; > > This would give the AP an "out" (if you will) to handle cases like that > above. > > I'm fine making this addition -- thoughts from anyone else? > > Eddie >
