jsr370-experts@jax-rs-spec.java.net

Re: [jax-rs-spec users] JAX-RS 2.1 - work schedule

From: Sergey Beryozkin <sberyozkin_at_talend.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 17:43:38 +0000

Which is what we will do, and the standard which will let users plug-in
and not to be 'silly' in asserting that nothing but CompletableStage
exists (in case of Rx) will be a good standard for JAXRS users

On 13/01/17 17:38, Markus KARG wrote:
>
> Maybe you forgot that we are an expert group with the charter to
> define an international standard, and nothing else?
>
> People not interested in standards hence implicitly are out of scope
> of any discussion in _this_ mailing list, as they can simply use any
> native product-specific API already.
>
> Hence we particularly should not lean from _any_ product, but should
> concentrate on our actual charter.
>
> -Markus
>
> *From:*Sergey Beryozkin [mailto:sberyozkin_at_talend.com]
> *Sent:* Donnerstag, 12. Januar 2017 20:06
> *To:* jsr370-experts_at_jax-rs-spec.java.net
> *Subject:* Re: [jax-rs-spec users] JAX-RS 2.1 - work schedule
>
> Standards, standards. You keep forgetting that today many users do not
> care about standards but about being able to use the good, proven to
> work technologies in their work.
> We should learn from Spring WS/REST.
>
> > In the end, what we decide, is frozen for decades. I mean, that's a
> difference between breeding an international standard and simply
> providing a good API _for now_.
> The standard which noone will use ? rx() will not force people to use
> what you do not consider a proper standard
> On 12/01/17 18:53, Markus KARG wrote:
>
> RxJava is not a JCP standard, and popularity can change easily. So
> it is doubtful whether non-standards have to be taken core of by
> standards. I cannot see any other JCP standard that enforces a
> detour in the API just for the sake of supporting non-standards.
> Correct me if I am wrong. A better way would be defining an SPI,
> or configuration, too statically choose in the bootstrat. I doubt
> that applications will mix differen RX implementations at runtime,
> so there is no need to say "I want RxJava" with every single call
> of the API.
>
> Yes, Java 10. I heared that it might provide an official RX
> standard for Java SE. So JAX-RS "3+" might be facing a situation
> whethere it has to support an official standard. We have to take
> care that decisions for JAX-RS today must not stand in the way of
> usefulness and conciseness of JAX-RS in the future. I hardly think
> that in two or three years people like the idea that they have to
> write "rx(Classname)" always if possibly Java 10's reactive API
> took over and nobody talks about CompletableStage and RxJava anymore.
>
> In the end, what we decide, is frozen for decades. I mean, that's
> a difference between breeding an international standard and simply
> providing a good API _for now_.
>
> Markus
>
> *From:*Sergey Beryozkin [mailto:sberyozkin_at_talend.com]
> *Sent:* Donnerstag, 12. Januar 2017 18:56
> *To:* jsr370-experts_at_jax-rs-spec.java.net
> <mailto:jsr370-experts_at_jax-rs-spec.java.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [jax-rs-spec users] JAX-RS 2.1 - work schedule
>
> Java 10 ? JAX-RS 2.1 is Java 8 based, and RxJava is highly popular
> so voluntarily restricting 2.1. to CompletableStage only would be
> a mistake...
> Sergey
> On 12/01/17 17:10, Markus KARG wrote:
>
> The question is whether we actually want the ability to
> support other reactive implementations, or whether we decide
> to stick with CompletableStage? The rx intermediate method
> makes the API more complex for anybody. On the other hand,
> Java 10 possibly will provide a "real" reactive API for
> everyone, and we cannot natively support it, but enforce
> people to use rx() still, which is tedious. I cannot remember
> that the EG actually agreed upon a final answer of this dilemma.
>
> *From:*Santiago Pericasgeertsen
> [mailto:santiago.pericasgeertsen_at_oracle.com]
> *Sent:* Donnerstag, 12. Januar 2017 16:00
> *To:* jsr370-experts_at_jax-rs-spec.java.net
> <mailto:jsr370-experts_at_jax-rs-spec.java.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [jax-rs-spec users] JAX-RS 2.1 - work schedule
>
> On Jan 11, 2017, at 4:17 PM, Pavel Bucek
> <pavel.bucek_at_oracle.com <mailto:pavel.bucek_at_oracle.com>>
> wrote:
>
> So what's going to happen next? We are currently working
> in PoC implementation of Reactive client API which is
> currently in the JAX-RS source repository master branch -
> it is almost ready for review. We identified small
> improvement needed there and I'm going to take care of
> that, finish the PoC implementation and document the API
> on the wiki. Once this is done, I'll send a request for
> review to this mailing list.
>
> Just a quick reminder that the crux of the RX work is the
> addition of new rx() methods to Invocation, with default
> support for CompletionStage and an extension point to plug in
> other reactive implementations via the RxInvoker type [1].
>
> — Santiago
>
> [1]
> https://java.net/projects/jax-rs-spec/sources/api/content/jaxrs-api/src/main/java/javax/ws/rs/client/Invocation.java
>