Is there an issue filed somewhere we can follow?
On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 1:24 AM, Clement Escoffier < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > As Neil said, the current annotation processing would too brittle if we > try to analyze parent classes. > So unfortunately, no, @Requires from parent classes are not processed. > > However we have plan to implement this support in iPOJO 2.x (work already > started). > > Regards, > > Clement > > On 30 avr. 2013, at 22:43, Neil Bartlett <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm speculating here, but I imagine iPOJO doesn't handle this for the > > same reason that bnd doesn't. Both analyze the annotations at > > build-time to generate the runtime metadata (and in iPOJO's case, > > injected bytecodes). At build time, the only class we can guarantee to > > have visibility of is the actual component class that is being > > analyzed; we may not have visibility of the full super-class > > hierarchy. Therefore to ensure consistency, only the direct > > annotations on the component class are considered. > > > > If we also considered annotations on the super-classes, then this > > would sometimes work but sometimes NOT work, depending on a fairly > > arbitrary and poorly-controlled aspect of the build environment. > > > > Neil > > > > On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 7:42 PM, lessonz <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> My understanding is it has nothing to do with iPOJO and everything to do > >> with how Java handles annotations. > >> On Apr 30, 2013 12:34 PM, "Michiel Vermandel" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >>> Thanks > >>> Would be nice if it could. > >>> But I'm quite new to iPOJO. Maybe I can't yet grasp the reason for > this... > >>> > >>> > >>> ----------------- > >>> http://www.codessentials.com - Your essential software, for free! > >>> Follow us at http://twitter.com/#!/Codessentials > >>> > >>> > >>> ________________________________ > >>> From: lessonz <[email protected]> > >>> To: [email protected]; Michiel Vermandel <[email protected]> > >>> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 6:44 PM > >>> Subject: Re: [iPOJO] Usage of @Requires in superclass > >>> > >>> > >>> It's been my experience this does not work. > >>> > >>> > >>> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 6:12 AM, Michiel Vermandel <[email protected] > >>>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hello, > >>>> > >>>> Can I use @Requires on a field of a (Abstract) class that will be > >>> extended? > >>>> Of course only the extending classes will be instantiated. > >>>> > >>>> Thank you > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> ----------------- > >>>> http://www.codessentials.com - Your essential software, for free! > >>>> Follow us at http://twitter.com/#!/Codessentials > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
