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From: Nick Chalko <nchalko@google.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:39:21 -0700
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Subject: Re: Bean Validation for GWT
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On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 6:44 AM, Matt Benson <gudnabrsam@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Nick--so, the GWT alternative to reflection would be some form of
> javascript inspection, or do they provide an API over that? =A0I never go=
t
> around to giving GWT a try, so I am completely unfamiliar with how it wor=
ks
> beyond a vague awareness that everything compiles to javascript (if that'=
s
> even correct). =A0It sounds like you're saying the entire app, including
> bytecodes from third-party libraries, is ported and it all runs client-si=
de,
> with reflection being a (the?) java API that is conspicuously unavailable=
.
> =A0My initial reaction to this is that it this would seem likely to cause
> problems working with many Java libraries. =A0To go beyond Bean Validatio=
n
> here, it sounds like a reflection analogue of slf4j might be in order,
> whereby a secondary "reflection" API is defined, with implementation jars
> provided at runtime. =A0Applications/libraries wanting to provide support=
 for
> environments where java.reflect reflection is unavailable, but some
> alternative exists, could then code to the redefined API. =A0It happens t=
hat I
> have contributed for some years to a library that includes such an API, a=
nd
> have given thought over the years to incubating an overhaul of it at Apac=
he
> (targeted for Commons). =A0If I've not guessed badly on any of the
> fundamentals, this would seem a reasonable direction to take.
>
> -Matt
>

Matt,

GWT use Differed binding
(http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/doc/1.6/FAQ_Client.html#What_is_Deferred=
_Binding?).
My main question was, how isolated is the code that need reflection.
My assumption is should only be needed in the code that actually
validates an object graph.

I will down load and start poking around in the code.


My second question is,  Is there interest a bval-gwt subproject?

R,
nick