My intention was to say "implementation removed". Uwe
----- Uwe Schindler [email protected] Apache Lucene PMC Member / Committer Bremen, Germany http://lucene.apache.org/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Darcy [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 5:16 PM > To: Uwe Schindler > Cc: 'Core-Libs-Dev'; 'Jonathan Gibbons'; 'Alexander Buckley'; 'Maurizio > Cimadamore' > Subject: Re: JDK 8 RFR: 8009267: Restore isAnnotationPresent methods in > public AnnotatedElement implementations > > On 03/02/2013 02:34 PM, Uwe Schindler wrote: > > Looks good to me! > > Are this the only methods in the corelib that were removed in favour of a > default implementation in the interface? > > I would not described the method as "removed," but to my knowledge > AnnotatedElement.isAnnotationPresent was the only existing interface > method in the core libraries replaced by a default method. The intended use > case for default methods is adding new methods to interface and that > change has certainly been done in other parts of the API. > > Cheers, > > -Joe > > > > > Uwe > > > > ----- > > Uwe Schindler > > [email protected] > > Apache Lucene PMC Member / Committer > > Bremen, Germany > > http://lucene.apache.org/ > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Joe Darcy [mailto:[email protected]] > >> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 3:06 AM > >> To: Core-Libs-Dev > >> Cc: Jonathan Gibbons; Alexander Buckley; Maurizio Cimadamore; > >> [email protected] > >> Subject: JDK 8 RFR: 8009267: Restore isAnnotationPresent methods in > >> public AnnotatedElement implementations > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> The changes pushed under > >> > >> 8007113: Upgrade AnnotatedElement.isAnnotionPresent to be a > >> default method > >> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/tl/jdk/rev/e04467fa13af > >> > >> combined with how javac currently models default methods under > >> pre-JDK-8 source versions can result in some source compatibility > >> impacts for those using JDK 8 to compile under older source versions > >> if the recommended practice of setting the bootclasspath is not > >> followed. [1] > >> > >> To mitigate these impacts, I'm proposing the changes in > >> > >> 8009267: Restore isAnnotationPresent methods in public > >> AnnotatedElement implementations > >> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~darcy/8009267.1/ > >> > >> which have the effect of restoring a concrete isAnnotationPresent > >> method to Class, Package, Field, Method, and Constructor. The > >> implementation delegates to the default method on the > AnnotatedElement interface. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> -Joe > >> > >> [1] > >> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/compiler-dev/2013- > >> February/005738.html
