Re: [picocontainer-dev] patches for *full* binding-annotation capability - key take aways & thoughts

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>>      @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
>>      @Target({ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.PARAMETER})
>>      @Bind
>>      public static @interface BindOne {}
>>
>>
>
> Without a closer look, but shouldn't "Class<? extends Annotation>  
> binding" rather be "Class<? extends Bind> binding" ? End the end we  
> handle arbitrary annotations only if they are derived from Bind ...  
> or did I miss something?
>

Yup, Java's annotations are not as sophisticated as that.

You're hoping for -

      @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
      @Target({ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.PARAMETER})
      public static @interface BindOne extends Bind {}

- which does not compile.

- Paul