On 6/14/11 1:30 PM, Marek Potociar wrote:
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> On 06/14/2011 04:23 PM, Bill Burke wrote:
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>> What's the big deal about having a ClientFactory class with static methods that delegate to RuntimeDelegate?
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> Support for multiple versions of single implementation or even multiple implementations of JAX-RS in a single container
> (JavaEE, OSGi etc. - see http://java.net/jira/browse/JAX_RS_SPEC-110 ) is one issue for which I want to avoid using
> RuntimeDelegate.
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I fail to see how that effects anything. You still have the same issue
with multiple versions with an abstract Client class. JAX-RS 1.0 made
the mistake of relying on RuntimeDelegate, not much of a way around it.
> Anyway, I have just pushed a new Client API update to the public repository. It contains improved and unified config
> story as well as ClientFactory class + Client interface. Please check it out.
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>> BTW, do you know how annoying it is that javax.ws.rs.core.Application is an abstract class? I have had a few times
>> where I wished to extend something else and have had to use delegation instead. And I usually override its mundane
>> implemention. Its also a bitch to proxy this class.
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> Please add a new issue if not already there. I think we can try to retrofit the class with a new interface and make the
> interface the base point for 2.0 (just thinking aloud right now).
>
> Marek
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