RE: [sca-j] NEW ISSUE: Signature of ComponentContext.cast() method - [JAVA-141]

["Mark Combellack" <mcombellack@avaya.com>]

Hi,

I have raised a new issue 141 for this. See
http://www.osoa.org/jira/browse/JAVA-141

Thanks,

Mark

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon Nash [mailto:oasis@cjnash.com]
> Sent: 13 March 2009 10:19
> To: OASIS Java
> Subject: [sca-j] NEW ISSUE: Signature of ComponentContext.cast()
method
> 
> TARGET: Java Common Annotations and APIs
> 
> DESCRIPTION: Signature of ComponentContext.cast() method
> 
> The signature of the ComponentContext.cast() method is currently
> defined as follows:
> 
> <B, R extends ServiceReference<B>> R cast(B target)
>      throws IllegalArgumentException;
> 
> The double parameterization does not make sense, because there
> is nothing in the API that extends ServiceReference.
> 
> This form of the API was introduced when we had CallableReference
> and ServiceReference.  At that time, the signature was:
> 
> <B, R extends CallableReference<B>> R cast(B target)
>      throws IllegalArgumentException;
> 
> The double parameterization was useful then, because it allowed
> either a ServiceReference or a CallableReference to be returned.
> 
> Now that CallableReference and ServiceReference have been merged,
> it is confusing and redundant to have this double parameterization.
> 
> PROPOSAL:
> 
> Change the API signature to:
> 
> <B> ServiceReference<B> cast(B target) throws
IllegalArgumentException;
> 
> 
> 
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