[equinox-dev] Provide new OSGi service API without obsolete API (Dictionary)?

2018-06-29 Thread Lars Vogel
Hi, I wanted to give official feedback that my customers are surprised that OSGi service API is based on obsolete data types. From the Javadoc of Dictionary: NOTE: This class is obsolete. This makes the OSGi service API look outdated for several of the customers I discussed this. OSGi

Re: [equinox-dev] Provide new OSGi service API without obsolete API (Dictionary)?

2018-06-29 Thread Todor Boev
I put this up for discussion in the Core Platform Expert Group (CPEG) On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 10:35 AM Lars Vogel wrote: > Hi, > > I wanted to give official feedback that my customers are surprised > that OSGi service API is based on obsolete data types. > > From the Javadoc of Dictionary: > ---

Re: [equinox-dev] Provide new OSGi service API without obsolete API(Dictionary)?

2018-06-29 Thread Thomas Watson
Dictionary my be documented as obsolete, but it is not deprecated.  I would not want to deprecate a spec'ed API method that takes non-deprecated types.  Anyway, the discussion is happening now in the expert group. Tom      - Original message -From: Lars Vogel Sent by: equinox-dev-boun...@ec