I'm quite happy about the static methods in interfaces. Please pick on a different feature to complain about the process with. :)
On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Simon Ochsenreither < [email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. 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.
