'annotations are truely retarded'.
Wow, Viktor. You should get that seething bile looked at.
You CAN actually reflect the Blah in:
public Class<Blah> getObjectThingy(Object object);
You cannot reflect the Blah in:
public <Blah> Class<Blah> getObjectThingy(Blah object);
On Sep 5, 9:36 am, "Viktor Klang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes Chris, annotations are truely retarded.
> However, as with all things retarded, they usually have lots of zealous
> worshippers.
>
> But like always, Sun does not fix what Sun has broken.
>
> Cheers
> Viktor
>
> On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 2:56 AM, Christian Catchpole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
> > wrote:
>
> > Don't get me started on Annotations.. what annoys me about them, is
> > that while they are soft data implemented as first class classes.
> > Meaning, to inspect a runtime annotation, the annotation must be in
> > the classpath. You might forgive that (claiming its a dependancy)
> > Yet the annotation simply contains Strings and/or primitives in some
> > kind of template Seems to be the worst of both worlds - No real types
> > in that you are forced to reference say, class names as Strings, but
> > the annotation itself is a real type which must resolve. I don't
> > claim to be an expert on annotations, havent used them that much, but
> > perhaps they would have been nicer if they were value holders but
> > simply permitting no code...
>
> > @ReturnClass( Blah.class )
> > public Class getSpecialClassThingy(Obect thing) {
>
> > This is just off the top of my head. Forgive all errors of logic. :)
>
> > You could return Class<Blah> but that's not reflectable anyway.. but
> > that another thread.. :)
>
> > On Sep 5, 8:15 am, Casper Bang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > We used to say "If it compiles, the crap works". Now a day, with all
> > > the annotation cr... stuff, this doesn't seem to hold true any longer.
>
> --
> Viktor Klang
> Rogue Software Architect
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