Just to add: the Felix SCR annotations also generate metatype information and I prefer the typesafe way.
But as Neil said, this is more personal preference/taste, it would be nice to have just one set of annotations. But as long as they have different feature sets this will be hard to achieve. Carsten 2013/6/3 Neil Bartlett <[email protected]> > Hi Jorge, > > To an extent it is personal preference. > > I still prefer the bnd annotations because they are a little bit more > succinct -- i.e. with shortcuts for the most common combinations -- and > also they have additional support for generating configuration metadata > document according to the Metatype Service Specification. > > Others prefer the DS annotations (or the Felix SCR annotations, yet another > variation!) because they have a more typesafe way to express component > properties. > > Regards, > Neil > > > > On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 4:46 PM, bokie <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > After playing around with DS this weekend I can honestly say that if you > > haven't tried it, you don't know what you're missing - I can relate to > > pkrien's post. > > > > - Excellent dependency management abstraction. > > - Configuration is a real breeze. > > - Controlling a component's lifecycle is also accomplished really > easily. > > - Less boilerplate tasks and greater productivity. > > > > With respect to annotations; what should we be using - bnd or DS? I > > understand that they are only read during compile time to create the DS > xml > > descriptor, does is really matter or is it merely a personal preference. > > > > Regards, > > Jorge > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > > > http://apache-felix.18485.x6.nabble.com/declarative-Services-tp5003596p5003643.html > > Sent from the Apache Felix - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > -- Carsten Ziegeler [email protected]
