Re: Generics in ASM APIs?

On 01/01/2011 12:21 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> I've been searching the archive for this, haven't found much.
>
> Is there any plan to apply generics to collections in the ASM APIs?  I use the
> Tree API and I'd prefer ClassNode to define List<AnnotationNode>  (and so forth)
> rather than just List.
>
> I realize that ASM predates JDK 1.5 generics, but that's five years ago now!

There is a plan in my mind :)

The idea is to generify ASM but customize the optimizer to generate 1.3 
compatible bytecode.
With that, asm-all.jar will be 1.3 compatible but asm-all-debug.jar will 
be 1.5.
So you can compile using asm-all-debug.jar and use generics and
run using asm-all.jar which is as small as always.

Alas, I have no time to play with that idea,
but I can sponsor anyone who want to try :)

Rémi

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