Where can JEP 119 be found?

[Joe Darcy]

Hi Gunnar,

On 01/17/2014 06:03 AM, Gunnar Morling wrote:
> Hi Joe,
>
> Thanks for these pointers and providing this implementation. So is 
> this to say that JEP 119 is/will not be part of JDK 8? Is it 
> considered for being included in JDK 9 then?

Right; we are *not* including the JEP 119 code as part of the API of the 
JDK -- it is neither a Java SE API (in java.* or javax.*) nor is it a 
supported JDK-specific API (in jdk.* or elsewhere). The implementation 
code is just a proof-of-concept sample.

If there is sufficient interest, it is possible this functionality could 
be included in Java SE 9 or JDK 9.

While the code today should work, a large amount of testing would be 
needed before such an API could be included in the product.

>
> I like the idea of that JEP, because the current distinct APIs at 
> processing and runtime easily lead to redundancies when dealing with 
> annotations. E.g. for Hibernate Validator we provide an annotation 
> processor for compile-time checking of constraints which basically 
> re-implements logic from the runtime library. So it'd be nice to see 
> JEP 119 as part of the JDK.

With the benefit of hindsight, the javax.lang.model.* API is in many 
ways easier to work with than core reflection and avoiding code 
duplication would be beneficial :-)

Thanks,

-Joe

>
> --Gunnar
>
>
>
> 2014/1/17 Joe Darcy <joe.darcy at oracle.com <mailto:joe.darcy at oracle.com>>
>
>     Hello Gunnar,
>
>     I posted a blog entry about that effort a while ago:
>
>         "javax.lang.model backed by core reflection"
>     https://blogs.oracle.com/darcy/entry/core_backed_lang_model
>
>     and the source code can be found in the JDK 8 Hg repos:
>
>     http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/tl/langtools/file/tip/src/share/sample/language/model/CoreReflectionFactory.java
>
>     HTH,
>
>     -Joe
>
>
>     On 01/16/2014 04:30 PM, Gunnar Morling wrote:
>
>         Hi,
>
>         I'm looking for guidance on how to work with JEP 119
>         ("javax.lang.model
>         Implementation Backed by Core Reflection").
>
>         Is this part of the latest JDK 8 build (123)? If so, what's
>         the entry point
>         into the reflection-backed implementation of the API? There
>         was the
>         announcement of an PoC implementation some time last year [2],
>         but I can't
>         find any information on whether that has been integrated into
>         the official
>         build.
>
>         Many thanks,
>
>         --Gunnar
>
>         [1] http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/119
>         [2]
>         http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk8-dev/2013-May/002502.html
>
>
>