OverloadReturn
Bytecode rewriter that creates overloads of methods which vary only by return type. (by JakeWharton)
bridge-method-injector
Generates synthetic bridge methods with different return types to help backward compatibility (by jenkinsci)
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| 10.0 | 7.1 | |
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| Kotlin | Java | |
| Apache License 2.0 | - |
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OverloadReturn
Posts with mentions or reviews of OverloadReturn.
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Refining The Return Type Of Java Methods Without Breaking Backwards-Compatibility
Nice I've never seen this one. I wrote one that's similar: https://github.com/JakeWharton/OverloadReturn
bridge-method-injector
Posts with mentions or reviews of bridge-method-injector.
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and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-24.
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Refining The Return Type Of Java Methods Without Breaking Backwards-Compatibility
This is an important technique for evolving APIs. I previously used Kohsuke's Bridge Method Injector for this task. I kind of prefer the annotation based approach to the name mangling used by this solution. The only complication was ensuring that the annotation jar was excluded from the final runtime.