Hi, I'm looking for the other way around: A java feature (or alternate spec for > a proposed feature) designed by some member of the community - how do you > get that into java? I'm talking about extremely small changes that do not > involve any contentious issues. Simple stuff like: Allow 'Annotation' as a > legal type for annotation member methods, in addition to the already > existing: Any specific annotation type, any primitive, String, Class, any > enum, and a 1-dimensional array of any of those. >
as long as your employed by Oracle, the change doesn't even need to be that small. As it looks, Java 8 will be getting static method implementations for interfaces (in addition to default methods) and a new visibility modifier keyword and I haven't seen an official announcement, a debate, a JSR or a JEP about it. Imho, getting a feature/change into Java is all about keeping a low profile and knowing the right person at Oracle to sneak it in. If the politics start, your chances decrease tremendously that you will get it shipped in time. Bye, Simon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/sfaUET_9H_AJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
