Remi, returning to my original question, there is no use case for @SuppressWarnings on the entire module? That's what I was originally driving at in my original question. My apologies for not being clearer.
Cheers, Paul On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 11:57 AM, Paul Benedict <pbened...@apache.org> wrote: > Okay. Thanks for the clarification. > > Cheers, > Paul > > On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 10:35 AM, Remi Forax <fo...@univ-mlv.fr> wrote: > >> 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. >> > >
