The exact semantics of an annotation depends on the annotation itself. For some annotations on a class like @NonNull, the semantics applies on all the code inside the class. For an annotation like @Table the semantics as an effect on the class only.
So it should not be different for an annotation on a module. Rémi On July 8, 2016 4:38:47 PM GMT+02:00, Paul Benedict <pbened...@apache.org> wrote: >I am wondering if the addition of ElementType.MODULE should be >rethought. >When an annotation is applied to PACKAGE, it applies package-wide (and >thus >affecting things inside it too). For example, I can put a JAXB >@XmlSchemaType annotation on a package to affect the way classes inside >the >package are mapped. > >However, the way annotations are being implemented on MODULE, if >applies >just to that file -- not the entire module. But what if in the future >there >is an RFE for annotations to apply to the entire module? Has it already >been decided that feature has no use cases? I think some pause should >be >given here before this feature is taken away. > >Cheers, >Paul > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >From: <jan.lah...@oracle.com> >Date: Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 9:25 AM >Subject: hg: jigsaw/jake/jdk: Adding ElementType.MODULE as a target for >@SuppressWarnings. >To: jigsaw-dev@openjdk.java.net > > >Changeset: f985e08a0422 >Author: jlahoda >Date: 2016-07-08 16:20 +0200 >URL: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jigsaw/jake/jdk/rev/f985e08a0422 > >Adding ElementType.MODULE as a target for @SuppressWarnings. >Contributed-by: joe.da...@oracle.com > >! src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/SuppressWarnings.java -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
