Repeating annotations will be addressed when the relevant specs are
updated. For example, the Common Annotations MR that I'm planning to
submit to address the @Priority change requested by CDI 2.0 will also
address repeating annotations for @Resource and @DataSourceDefinition.
-Linda
On 5/17/16 12:57 PM, Reza Rahman wrote:
> Bit disappointing not to hear from a few more experts on this and
> specifically the Oracle leads. This should be easy to incorporate into
> the RI and simultaneously an important area to align Java EE 8 with Java
> SE 8.
>
> On 5/11/2016 8:29 AM, arjan tijms wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> This should principally fit in perfectly with Java EE 8. The JSR has
>> "Alignment with Java SE 8" as one of the major topics. See
>> https://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=366
>>
>> I think each constituent spec has to be addresses separately. As
>> you've signed the OCA, then if I'm not mistaken you can do PRs or send
>> patches to all the RI projects this concerns. E.g. for JSF you can
>> send me (or another Mojarra committer) the patch or send a PR to my
>> Github working repo.
>>
>> One problem may be that not all specs are active at the moment (don't
>> have an EG at the moment), so if any of those are affected I think at
>> least a MR for them should be started then.
>>
>> Wonder what the thoughts of others and specifically the spec leads are
>> about this.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Arjan Tijms
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 2:12 PM, Rahman USTA <rahman.usta.88_at_gmail.com
>> <mailto:rahman.usta.88_at_gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Java EE has some annotations that they can work as repeatable
>> annotations. I think Java EE 8 should target at least Java 8 and I
>> don't see any reason to support repeatable annotation feature for
>> Java EE 8.
>>
>> I worked on required changes on current Glassfish 5 version and
>> I'm ready to commit required changes to each specs.
>>
>> What are your opinions for this feature request? How can we move
>> forward this?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> --
>> Rahman USTA
>> Istanbul JUG
>> https://github.com/rahmanusta
>>
>>
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