On 4/23/2016 12:25 AM, Jochen Theodorou wrote:
Hi all,
I know the following does not compile and does right so by the JLS:
public @interface SomeCollector {
Annotation[] value();
}
I know also that it would be easy to support with the existing
infrastructure. What I am looking for, is the reasoning as of why this
is not allowed besides what is directly in the JLS. I am trying to
understand the background a bit more. Has someone a pointer?
Some rationale for design decisions in the annotations facility are
contained in the documents for JSR 175:
JSR 175: A Metadata Facility for the Java Programming Language
https://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=175
Cheers,
-Joe
