You can? You could reflect the value on the method result, but I
thought you couldn't reflect it on the Method itself. If so, please
demonstrate.
On Sep 6, 7:21 am, Reinier Zwitserloot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> '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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