This is unfortunate. I certainly can write a Java class and I expected that would be the answer. The question for me is whether, as a group, we see any value in having a consistent interface with the JVM. One could argue that Clojure does not need any of the interop features it already has. In fact, one might argue that all interop should occur by invoking pure Clojure from Java only but I hope most of us would agree that would not a very satisfying outcome. The Clojure in Clojure work being done gives me hope this is going to change. A Clojure compiler written in Clojure would almost certainly need to be full (or more fully) featured.
I like Stuart Sierra's quote (Twitter): "Using Java libraries is idiomatic Clojure", and this is true for a lot of us using Clojure. jbs On Monday, April 14, 2014 1:10:47 AM UTC-7, Colin Fleming wrote: > gen-class really isn't suitable for doing complicated interop like > annotating fields. It's heavily oriented towards a single means of managing > state, which is a single field generally containing an atom, which in turn > contains your actual state in a map or similar. If you really need multiple > fields you can use deftype/defrecord, but they come with different > restrictions - no inheritance, don't require their namespace on class init > which is required for many use cases where you might want field > annotations. I'm also not sure if their fields can be annotated. > > In general when you start needing that level of interop, the easiest thing > is just to write a Java class and call into Clojure from there as required. > > > On 14 April 2014 14:28, Jon Seltzer <seltz...@gmail.com <javascript:>>wrote: > >> There are many Java APIs that expect client APIs to annotate fields but >> Clojure does not support annotations on fields. Is there any plan to add >> support? >> >> And one tangential question: Is there any consideration of adding >> gen-class support for multiple fields instead of just one? >> >> jbs >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Clojure" group. >> To post to this group, send email to clo...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with >> your first post. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> clojure+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Clojure" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to clojure+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
