On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 18:27 +0200, Johan Compagner wrote:
> for me generics is not an api change.
> do you think that there was an api change in the jdk collection classes when
> they applied generices?

I've always thought of adding generics as an api change.  Sure, it's one
that doesn't break backward compatibility, but it's a change non the
less.  I'll not argue the point however as it is largely academic.  I
asked a clarifying question and you where nice enough to answer.  I just
hadn't heard much about generics lately and wanted to be really sure
that I was doing the right thing by waiting for them.

> the old code will still compile fine with the new generified api

Yes.  This I know.  You'll get compiler warnings, but those can be
turned off.

Thanks for the clarification.  I'll continue to hope for a quick beta
program for 1.3.  I'm always the optimist.

> johan
> 
> 
> 
> On 10/22/07, Philip A. Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 11:13 +0200, Johan Compagner wrote:
> > > but i am already in a none api break mode at this time
> > > I still hope that all the refactoring we have done in 1.3 will result in
> > a
> > > much stabler api from now on
> > > For example i don't see the major interfaces like all the model
> > > interfaces/classes change now much anymore.
> > > I guess the same is true for validators/behaviors.
> >
> > There are a few projects that I have been holding out for the wicket
> > 1.4/1.5/whatever with generics.  When you say "now on", it seems as if
> > you think the API is pretty stable for the foreseeable future and that
> > maybe we will not be moving to generics any time soon?  Am I the very
> > last one holding out hope for wicket to pick generics back up?  I'd
> > kinda like to know where we are heading and how long it might take so
> > that I can either plan for continuing to support our branch of old 2.0
> > or down-grade (cross-grade?) my projects to 1.3.
> >
> > --
> > Philip A. Chapman
> >
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> >
> >
> >
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