Issue 5595: Should javadoc statement be removed or should method be removed? (java-rtf)
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Nature: Uncategorized Issue
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Summary: The org\omg\CORBA\Object.java includes: 

/**
*@deprecated Deprecated by CORBA 2.3
*/
org.omg.CORBA.InterfaceDef _get_interface(); 

Which causes the the application code: 

public abstract class x extends org.omg.CORBA.LocalObject implements xl {}
public interface xl extends org.omg.CORBA.LocalInterface, org.omg.CORBA.portable.IDLEntity {} 

to compile with a warning: 

x.java:1: warning: _get_interface() in org.omg.CORBA.Object has been deprecated 

I'm wondering whether the javadoc statement should be removed or whether the method should be removed? 


Resolution: close issue
Revised Text: 
Actions taken:
August 26, 2002: received issue
April 28, 2003: closed issue
Discussion: 

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Subject: Another issue with PTC/02-01-02 and PTC/02-06-14 [Java RTF --
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Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 12:21:35 -0700 
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Hello, 

The org\omg\CORBA\Object.java includes: 

/**
*@deprecated Deprecated by CORBA 2.3
*/
org.omg.CORBA.InterfaceDef _get_interface(); 

Which causes the the application code: 

public abstract class x extends org.omg.CORBA.LocalObject implements
xl {}
public interface xl extends org.omg.CORBA.LocalInterface,
org.omg.CORBA.portable.IDLEntity {} 

to compile with a warning: 

x.java:1: warning: _get_interface() in org.omg.CORBA.Object has been
deprecated 

I'm wondering whether the javadoc statement should be removed or
whether the method should be removed? 
-dave. 



Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 00:27:41 -0700 (PDT) 
From: Ken Cavanaugh <Ken.Cavanaugh@Sun.COM> 
Reply-To: Ken Cavanaugh <Ken.Cavanaugh@Sun.COM> 
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>Hello, 
>       The org\omg\CORBA\Object.java includes:
>                       /**
>                       *@deprecated Deprecated by CORBA 2.3
>                       */
>                       org.omg.CORBA.InterfaceDef _get_interface();
>Which causes the the application code:
>               public abstract class x extends
>org.omg.CORBA.LocalObject implements xl {}
>               public interface xl extends
>org.omg.CORBA.LocalInterface, org.omg.CORBA.portable.IDLEntity {} 
>to compile with a warning: 
>               x.java:1: warning: _get_interface() in
>org.omg.CORBA.Object has been deprecated
>I'm wondering whether the javadoc statement should be removed or
>whether
>the method should be removed?
>-dave. 


I would rather see the method removed, but this is a problem.  The Sun
Java ORB
does not include this method, and likely never will, since inclucing
this
method brings in InterfaceDef and a host of other dependencies in the 
interface repository, most of which are not present in the JDK.  I
would
not regard the IR as sufficiently stable for inclusion in the JDK in
any version before CORBA 3.0.  We do include the _get_interface_def
method, which returns org.omg.CORBA.Object instead.


The problem has been that other Java ORB vendors have wanted to keep
this
method in place.  We should see what the current status is in
discussing
this issue.


Ken.