Rennie, the bile's ok. :)
Viktor,
Rogue Software Architect
5 sep 2008 kl. 23.21 Reinier Zwitserloot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev:
>
> '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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