Servlet 3.0 Features Spark Debate

InfoQ have jotted a few notes about the release of a draft specification for version 3.0 of the servlet API. From what I see in this article, I’m not sure I agree with much of the approach. In particular the idea of using annotations in the source code to define URL-mappings seems completely contrary to the principle of self-similarity and to the re-use of code generally.

I plan to have a think about this and write a more thoughtful and detailled blog entry, but here’s a link to the article in question.

InfoQ: Servlet 3.0 Features Spark Debate