"packageinfo" or "package-info.java" ?

[boeffi]

Not only but also inspired by the osgi-dev thread "Why default version for Export-Package is 0.0.0, not bundle version?" (see http://www.mail-archive.com/osgi-dev@mail.osgi.org/msg01514.html) I'm just a little bit confused about the bnd approach with the file naming "packageinfo".

The JLS (http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/packages.html 7.4ff) already defines "package-info.java" for package relevant infos.

Wouldn't it be simplier (less complex) to have only one file for package definitions?

So, the bnd tool could manage the package version in "package-info.java", too.

Greetings from Germany
Oliver

[pkriens]

You can use either file. The reason there are two options is that one constituency thinks annotations are the only solution and the other is running pre Java 5 ... Basically if I would have to choose it would be packageinfo because that works anywhere but I expect that you probably would not like that :-)

[pkriens]

Moved to faq