We can scope it for >= java 6 specs if that's the only blocker we hit. This is perfectly fine IMHO.
Romain Manni-Bucau @rmannibucau <https://twitter.com/rmannibucau> | Blog <https://rmannibucau.metawerx.net/> | Old Blog <http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com> | Github <https://github.com/rmannibucau> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rmannibucau> | Book <https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/java-ee-8-high-performance> Le mer. 16 mai 2018 à 22:28, David Jencks <david.a.jen...@gmail.com> a écrit : > It’s been a really long time since I looked at any of this and I might not > remember accurately or understand the scope of what you propose to do .... > IIRC there were a few specs that predate ServiceLoader and use something > similar but incompatible that the locator takes care of. So, you might have > trouble removing the locator code everywhere. > > David Jencks > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 16, 2018, at 9:32 AM, Raymond Auge <raymond.a...@liferay.com> > wrote: > > Hello All, > > Romain mentioned in another thread about wanting to eliminate the osgi > locator shade. I would be super happy to make this happen. > > This can be accomplished by leveraging the Service Loader Mediator. > However there is a caveat. In order to stick with the Service Mediator > spec, the code in question must be using the method > > java.util.ServiceLoader.load(Class<T>) > > This is to ensure that proper weaving can be accomplished at runtime. > > In testing, I applied the required metadata on geronimo-jsonb_1.0_spec and > this worked fine, however jsonb depends on jsonp (for instance > geronimo-jsonp_1.1_spec) which, when I use these to gether, I > found geronimo-jsonp_1.x_spec does not use ServiceLoader at all, but rather > a self implementation of such [1]. > > Would it be fair to replace the self implemented logic with the logic > found in the geronimo-jsonb [2] which does the same but using ServiceLoader? > > Finally, if the goal is to enable Service Loader Mediator to replace all > osgi locator, then we need to ensure this pattern is followed throughout. > Does that seem fair? If so I can go through and apply the fix in many > places. > > Sincerely, > - Ray > > [1] > https://github.com/apache/geronimo-specs/blob/trunk/geronimo-json_1.1_spec/src/main/java/javax/json/spi/JsonProvider.java#L105-L149 > [2] > https://github.com/apache/geronimo-specs/blob/trunk/geronimo-jsonb_1.0_spec/src/main/java/javax/json/bind/spi/JsonbProvider.java#L64-L71 > > > -- > *Raymond Augé* <http://www.liferay.com/web/raymond.auge/profile> > (@rotty3000) > Senior Software Architect *Liferay, Inc.* <http://www.liferay.com> > (@Liferay) > Board Member & EEG Co-Chair, OSGi Alliance <http://osgi.org> > (@OSGiAlliance) > >