If we are going to make this change it will have to be v3.0. And we should release a v2.2 first. Stephen
On 4 January 2013 16:32, Brian S O'Neill <bro...@gmail.com> wrote: > In Joda-time 2.0, changes were made to make the code compliant with the > Java 5 memory model, but without breaking compatibility. The solution > was to define several fields as volatile, because declaring them as > final would break subclasses or serialization. > > Making the BaseDateTime fields volatile has a measurable performance > impact, nullifying (or worse) many of the performance gains Joda-time > has over the JDK date classes. It's possible to make these fields final > while still preserving serialization compatibility. The trick is to use > special object stream features. > > For this to work, the field definitions need to be moved to all the > subclasses, and the get/setMillis need to be abstract. The object stream > stuff also needs to move to the subclasses. > > There's one little issue: These changes break compatibility for anyone > that is extending BaseDateTime. Although this is an implementation > package, and so no one _should_ be extending it, is anyone out there > actually doing this? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Master HTML5, CSS3, ASP.NET, MVC, AJAX, Knockout.js, Web API and > much more. Get web development skills now with LearnDevNow - > 350+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. > SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122812 > _______________________________________________ > Joda-interest mailing list > Joda-interest@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/joda-interest ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master HTML5, CSS3, ASP.NET, MVC, AJAX, Knockout.js, Web API and much more. Get web development skills now with LearnDevNow - 350+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122812 _______________________________________________ Joda-interest mailing list Joda-interest@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/joda-interest
