Re: [sca-j] JAVA-153: Proposed resolution rev3

[Mike Edwards <mike_edwards@uk.ibm.com>]

Folks,

My view is that IF the interface class
is annotated @Remotable then it is *NOT* necessary
to introspect the component type of
a service or reference which uses that interface class
such that the <interface.java/>
element contains the @remotable attribute set to true.

I think this is consistent with other
places where the interface class contains other forms of
annotation.  @Callback is the best
example in my opinion - here the interface class can
contain @Callback and reference a callback
interface, but the introspected componentType 
simply has a <interface.java/>
element which references the interface and it does not 
require the callback interface to be
referenced as well and yet the interface is still treated as
a callback interface.

I agree with Simon's view that redundant
information is undesirable.


Yours,  Mike.

Strategist - Emerging Technologies, SCA & SDO.
Co Chair OASIS SCA Assembly TC.
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Simon Nash <oasis@cjnash.com> wrote on 16/06/2009
21:12:57:

> I think we need to be consistent here.  It seems to me that there
are
> two possible consistent positions:
> 
> 1. In the component type, specify the @remotable attribute only when
>     necessary (i.e., include it only when its value is "true"
and when
>     it is needed to override the remotability setting that
would
>     otherwise be inferred from the @interface attribute).
> 
> 2. In the component type, always specify the @remotable attribute
>     (i.e., include it with an explicit value of "true"
or "false"
>     whether or not this duplicates information in the @interface
attribute).
> 
> My preference is for 1, as in general I think it's better not to
> specify redundant information.  I think your preference is for
2.
> Any other views on this?
>

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