A new annotation to do what? To specify which category the plugin belongs to? What is wrong with the way it is now? What problem are we trying to solve?
Sent from my iPad > On Jun 2, 2014, at 8:30 PM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > A new annotation seems simpler to me but that might be contradictory to what > Ralph had in mind when he created the framework. Hopefully, let us know ;-) > > > Gary > > >> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 11:23 PM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Yeah, but now I'm wondering which approach to take. Re-use @Plugin, add >> another annotation, or refactor how categories are handled in @Plugin. Could >> be a mix of 1 and 3, with 3 coming later. >> >> >>> On 2 June 2014 22:00, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Welcome back Matt then. >>> >>> Are you putting yourself on deck to redo the type converters a la Log4j? >>> >>> Gary >>> >>> >>>> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 10:55 PM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Scratch that idea. It's using ASM. That's definitely not worth it. >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 2 June 2014 21:51, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> I'm looking at how Spring does it, and for pre-1.8 code, it's quite the >>>>> rabbit hole. I'll report back when I find my way out. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On 2 June 2014 21:39, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 10:35 PM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> Not for the factory/builder stuff! Unless we cached more data about >>>>>>> plugins like that. >>>>>> >>>>>> Ah, I made an incorrect assumption then. Let's keep it simple and >>>>>> require the name then? We can always enhance later. >>>>>> >>>>>> Gary >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 2 June 2014 21:32, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> It would only happen at compile time... so who cares? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Gary >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 10:29 PM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>> In regards to the parameter reflection stuff, I can't find anything >>>>>>>>> in 1.6 other than using >>>>>>>>> Introspector.getBeanInfo(Class<?>).getMethodDescriptors() and >>>>>>>>> MethodDescriptor.getParameterDescriptors(). From what I recall, >>>>>>>>> Introspector is rather slow for this sort of situation and is mostly >>>>>>>>> used in GUIs that deal with JavaBeans. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On 2 June 2014 21:20, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> On 2 June 2014 21:14, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> Well, my point is that you'd just use an annotation. What the >>>>>>>>>>> annotation is, I do not know. I'm not crazy about the category idea >>>>>>>>>>> in general because I am one typo away on a late night from getting >>>>>>>>>>> stuck. If the code does not compile, that's easier to fix. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I agree on that. It's terribly frustrating to deal with runtime >>>>>>>>>> problems that should have been detectable at compile time. Perhaps >>>>>>>>>> instead of categories we had a meta-annotation that describes a >>>>>>>>>> plugin category, and then plugins can use a category annotation >>>>>>>>>> instead of the parameter? We could really use annotations like this >>>>>>>>>> to make things more typed with less typing. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>> Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org >>>>>>>> Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition >>>>>>>> JUnit in Action, Second Edition >>>>>>>> Spring Batch in Action >>>>>>>> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com >>>>>>>> Home: http://garygregory.com/ >>>>>>>> Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org >>>>>> Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition >>>>>> JUnit in Action, Second Edition >>>>>> Spring Batch in Action >>>>>> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com >>>>>> Home: http://garygregory.com/ >>>>>> Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org >>> Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition >>> JUnit in Action, Second Edition >>> Spring Batch in Action >>> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com >>> Home: http://garygregory.com/ >>> Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory >> >> >> >> -- >> Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> > > > > -- > E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org > Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition > JUnit in Action, Second Edition > Spring Batch in Action > Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com > Home: http://garygregory.com/ > Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
