Github user nakomis commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/incubator-brooklyn/pull/1039#discussion_r45347016
--- Diff:
api/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/api/catalog/CatalogItem.java ---
@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ public static CatalogItemType ofTargetClass(Class<?
extends BrooklynObject> type
@Deprecated
@Nullable public String getJavaType();
+ /**
+ * @return The underlying java type of the item represented or the
catalog item ID, described via a YAML spec.
+ */
+ @Nullable public String getReferenceType();
--- End diff --
The difference is that it may refer either to a java type, or to a catalog
item, so getJavaType is the wrong name for it, so it makes sense to deprecate
getJavaType and replace it with getReferenceType (this also addresses the other
comment below)
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