On Wed, 3 Apr 2024 20:17:39 GMT, Joe Darcy <da...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> When new language features are added, the javax.lang.model may need to be > updated. For certain classes of features, the API update includes introducing > a new set of concrete visitors to handle the language feature. > > The API scaffolding to support the new feature tends to be considerably > larger than the API specifically for the new feature. > > To aid work in progress (such as https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/18509) > and anticipated in the future, I think it would be helpful to introduce a > persistent set of preview visitors independent of any particular language > change. The visitor classes are themselves preview APIs. Is this the first time that preview APIs have been proposed without a JEP? Just wondering how much visibility this preview API will get. ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18609#issuecomment-2036238254
