Linda,
Overall, I like the clarifications. I think this helps clarify the the
intent of the metadata-complete element for AppClient, EJBs, and,
eventually, Servlets. I'm still querying other extended members of my
team to see if they have any additional comments.
The one question/concern that I have is that with these updates we seem to
be defining metadata-complete depending on the context of the usage. That
is, maybe we're not consistent... For example, with these proposed
updates, we're clarifying that metadata-complete should only apply to
deployment-related annotations. But, what about JPA's usage of
metadata-complete? It's my understanding that JPA's metadata-complete
applies to all annotation processing. Or, are you looking to clarify this
usage as well? If we're not consistent with the scope of this element,
then it might make for confusing processing.
Thanks,
-- Kevin Sutter
Linda DeMichiel <linda.demichiel_at_oracle.com> wrote on 09/24/2015 02:28:42
PM:
> From: Linda DeMichiel <linda.demichiel_at_oracle.com>
> To: jsr366-experts_at_javaee-spec.java.net
> Date: 09/25/2015 04:39 PM
> Subject: [jsr366-experts] semantics of metadata-complete
>
> One of the items that needs to be made clearer in our specs is the
> meaning of a "true" value for the metadata-complete attribute, as we
> have noticed that people seem to get confused as to its exact meeting
> with regard to annotation scanning.
>
> The intent here is not to not process all annotations, but rather to
> not process those annotations that are covered by the metadata of the
> deployment descriptors that specify metadata-complete.
>
> I've attached below proposed clarifications for the Java EE 8 Platform
> spec, which covers the application client descriptor, as well as for
> the EJB spec, with the goal of making this more precise. We are also
> planning similar clarifications for the Servlet spec.
>
> Please let me know if you see any problems.
>
> thanks,
>
> -Linda
>
>
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> Rochester/IBM] [attachment "metadata-complete-ejb" deleted by Kevin
> Sutter/Rochester/IBM]