Disappointed that there was no reaction on this. Is the topic too mind-boggling, or is it that most people don't care about such a central issue?
I have been trying to implement it, and I am almost there, but I doubt I can get it back into working condition (right now, Private Mixins doesn't work for me) and if there is no interest, I will probably simply give up and revert back... Niclas On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 3:13 PM, Niclas Hedhman <[email protected]> wrote: > Gang, > > I have dug deep into the Qi4j Runtime to "fix" the withTypes() on > assembly declarations to work consistently with the compile time > types. The initial driver for making this work was that @Mixins > declarations on auto-added ValueComposite to values not declaring it > as a superclass are ignored, because the withTypes() are not treated > equal to the main type. The impact is massive, but I take out the > compositeType concept completely and run with a "Iterable<Class<?>> > types" (I should wrap that to CompositeType). > > BUT doing this, something very profound emerges; > > * What is the difference between the "MainType" and "OtherType" > module.values( MainType.class).withTypes( OtherType.class ) > ?? > > In the refactoring I am almost done with, the establishment of the > model is identical. HOWEVER, a lot of assumptions are made everywhere > that "MainType" is of some bigger significance than "OtherType", > especially when it comes to serialization of composites, both for > entity stores as well as indexing. > > > I think this is a massive realization that affects a lot, and the path > forward should be considered. Not only will the amount of API and > documentation changes be massive, but I think it tilts our whole > perception of composite oriented programming. > > > Feedback is greatly appreciated. Meanwhile, I will finish off the > hybrid model where the mainType still has special meaning. > > > Cheers > -- > Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer > http://www.qi4j.org - New Energy for Java > > I live here; http://tinyurl.com/3xugrbk > I work here; http://tinyurl.com/6a2pl4j > I relax here; http://tinyurl.com/2cgsug -- Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer http://www.qi4j.org - New Energy for Java I live here; http://tinyurl.com/3xugrbk I work here; http://tinyurl.com/6a2pl4j I relax here; http://tinyurl.com/2cgsug _______________________________________________ qi4j-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ops4j.org/mailman/listinfo/qi4j-dev
