Okay, I filed
https://java.net/jira/browse/HK2-155 to track this issue.
Gili
On 29/11/2013 6:28 PM, John Wells wrote:
> Yes, that is a good idea. And I agree the documentation should say
> something about that...
>
> On 11/29/2013 6:21 PM, cowwoc wrote:
>> Okay, so the documentation should highlight this fact.
>>
>> Would it make sense to add "ServiceLocator.getService(Class<T>,
>> Class<? extends Annotation>...)" for marker annotations so we don't
>> have to instantiate them for nothing?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Gili
>>
>> On 29/11/2013 6:17 PM, John Wells wrote:
>>> Mainly because annotations may have data in them that would not be
>>> there just from the class. This API allows you to match based on
>>> the data in the annotation.
>>>
>>> On 11/29/2013 4:01 PM, cowwoc wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> https://hk2.java.net/2.2.0-b24/api-overview.html explains that we
>>>> must instantiate an annotation in order to use
>>>> ServiceLocator.getService() by annotation. Instead of
>>>> "ServiceLocator.getService(Class<T>, Annotation...)" why couldn't
>>>> you do "ServiceLocator.getService(Class<T>, Class<? extends
>>>> Annotation>...)"?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Gili
>>>
>>
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