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Re:Java 26 is here, and with it a solid foundation for the f... by bigbuppo on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @08:20PM (#47420173)
Didn't they all switch to convention over configuration and dependency injection so now your configuration is your source code?
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Re:Java 26 is here, and with it a solid foundation for the f... by lmm on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @09:37PM (#47420673)
Some people did but that's actually worse. Your configuration comes magically out of nowhere and when it breaks you can't fix it.
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Re:Java 26 is here, and with it a solid foundation for the f... by rubzah on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @10:17AM (#47426109)
Nobody ever wanted to wire up RPC endpoints, in the form of Enterprise JavaBeans(tm), using XML files. That is one for the history books of ridiculous technology.
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Re:Java 26 is here, and with it a solid foundation for the f... by lmm on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @08:34PM (#47433209)
XML files are bad. Invisible magic is worse. The sensible way to wire up a bunch of RPC endpoints is, like the sensible way to do most things, plain old code.
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