I"d like a dynamic API-driven model. (IMO all Java EE components needs
this). I need to look at what you ahve though.
Bil
Marc Hadley wrote:
> Issue 8 concerns the addition of a standard resource model API:
>
> https://jsr311.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=8
>
> "Should we support APIs to allow dynamic configuration of resource
> classes not based on annotations - this would provide an alternative to
> annotations for platforms where they are not available (ME, earlier
> versions of Java, scripting languages). We'll be adding such an API in
> the RI, the EG can take a look at it once its ready and decide if its
> appropriate for the JSR or not."
>
> The Jersey Model classes can be found here:
>
> https://jersey.dev.java.net/source/browse/jersey/trunk/jersey/jersey/src/api/com/sun/jersey/api/model/
>
>
> I've also generated the Javadoc for easier browsing and uploaded it here:
>
> https://jsr311.dev.java.net/nonav/sketches/model/index.html
>
> While we've found these model classes useful in our implementation,
> primarily for unifying our internal model of a JAX-RS application for
> use by both request dispatching logic and WADL generation code, I'm not
> convinced that we need to standardize them in JSR 311. Here's why:
>
> (i) I think that sub resource locators and limited=false @Path
> annotations provide everything you need for dynamically matching a URI
> to a resource class instance.
> (ii) Several JVM-based languages now support specification of runtime
> annotations and I think this is a better direction than standardizing a
> parallel non-annotation based API for every technology.
> (iii) Its would add a lot of new API surface that wouldn't be used by
> the vast majority of applications.
>
> With the above in mind I propose to close issue 8 with no action.
>
> Objections ?
> Marc.
>
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> Marc Hadley <marc.hadley at sun.com>
> CTO Office, Sun Microsystems.
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