Re: [xwiki-devs] [VOTE] Use AspectJ aspects for implementing backward compatibility in XWiki

+5 Also, in the deprecated methods we should log the calls, if possible capturing where exactly that code is used. This will ease the code upgrade, as velocity is not that easy to refactor when you don't get compilation errors.

Vincent Massol wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like us to agree on using the strategy described here: > http://blogs.sonatype.com/john/2007/11/09/1194630418546.html > > This has several advantages: > > 1) Keeps our code clean > 2) Put all backward compatibility code in a single place which makes > it easy too to remove when the time has come > > Here's my +1 > > If we agree I'll do a try of using this approach for moving out the > deprecated methods in the XWiki class into an aspect. It should be a > piece of cake since we already have the aspectj plugin in place for > the core build. > > Thanks > -Vincent