> It's curious, I googled about Java 8 compiler plugins when RayC said > that you talked about a new code-gen feature in Java 8
Ha, yes, that is curious. I guess my memory has never been that great... > I hope it will be formalized in future Java versions Ah, that makes sense, since APT followed the same path, IIRC. > GWT-free generators Per Brian's comments, a javax.rebinding spec might have a hard time having feature-parity with GWT, because I imagine the Java8 plugins, like APT, only runs on .java files currently under compile, and doesn't re-process all of the types in .class files via .jars on the classpath. Which, AFAIK, is what John is getting to work--that a .jar (or .gwtlib) is basically compiled, but can have one more global rebinding pass that modifies its contents before GWT writes everything to disk. (GWT has an advantage here, in that since it's making non-.class file output, it can sneak codegen into the compiler for both types in the current project, and types that are in upstream projects. It would be hard to see how a javax.rebinding spec could do this.) > JavaCode => JavaToJRibbleCompiler (Java 8 compiler plugin) Well, you mentioned "jribble", so now I'm a fan of basically anything you say. :-) - Stephen -- http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit-Contributors --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GWT Contributors" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
