Java properties

[Joe Darcy]

Greetings,

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-Joe

On 10/3/2012 1:52 AM, X Y wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I know topic of properties support was touched few times, but I have
> extended JDK7 compiler to support "property <name> ..." notation, with
> some additions missing in other languages, but helping in robust
> creation of software. I tested this with simple get/set, boxing, unary
> operators, super calls etc. The next steps to implement are bindable
> properties, integration with lambda project.
>
> The question I would like to ask is about distributing (preview) or
> making publicly available such compiler.
>
> 1. Is it legal in accordance to GPL license for JDK?
> 2. Is it legal to extend and modify other Java packages to give more
> support for properties: java.beans, java.lang, java.lang.reflect?
>
> Best regards