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[jsr339-experts] Re: Convention Over Configuration

From: Marek Potociar <marek.potociar_at_oracle.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:32:59 +0100

Hi Guilherme,
this one has nothing to do with how I feel about annotations or convention over configuration approach.

The problem I see with making @GET optional is that it would significantly break backward compatibility with existing
JAX-RS 1.x applications, as already described by Bill.

Marek

On 03/11/2011 06:00 PM, Guilherme Silveira wrote:
> Hi Marek, would you change your mind if you didnt have to use the
> annotation, stick to your way of coding and be backward compatible?
> Meaning that you would remove 90% of the required annotations. That is
> what I am trying to offer.