[jax-rs-spec users] Re: Proposal for small API change: Make MessageBodyWriter.getSize a default method

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From: Marek Potociar <marek.potociar_at_oracle.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 20:28:23 -0800

Thank you, Marek.

> On 17 Feb 2016, at 13:52, Markus Karg <markus_at_headcrashing.eu> wrote:
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> Done. Please see #527 :-)
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> Marek Potociar <marek.potociar_at_oracle.com> hat geschrieben:
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> Hi Markus,
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> This is certainly worth considering. Please can you open a new issue in Jira to track this enhancement?
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> Thank you,
> Marek
>> On 04 Feb 2016, at 19:39, Markus KARG <markus_at_headcrashing.eu <mailto:markus_at_headcrashing.eu>> wrote:
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>> Experts,
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>> I'd like to propose a late but very tiny API change and I hope you all agree with me. :-)
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>> As JAX-RS 2.1 targets Java 8, we can get rid of the useless MessageBodyWrite.getSize method in implementations if we simply turn it into a default method in the API which returns -1 always. By doing this real no-brainener in the API, all MessageBodyWriter implementation classes can simply omit that method completey. In the end, cases like this are what Java 8 default methods are really good for… :-)
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>> I think this is such simple, easy and risk-free that we really should do it!
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>> -Markus
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