Commits on Nov 1, 2021

1. Language model only returns runtime-retained annotations in build com… …

   …patible extensions
   
   The language model API itself doesn't specify what annotations are
   accessible. In the CDI context, only runtime-retained annotations
   make sense, because that's the only way all implementation strategies
   can be consistent. That's because:
   
   - purely runtime implementations, such as Weld, only have access
     to runtime-retained annotations;
   - bytecode-based implementations, such as ArC, only have access
     to runtime-retained and class-retained annotations, but don't
     have access to source-retained annotations;
   - annotation processing-based implementations, such as ODI, have
     access to all annotations.
   
   An alternative would be to specify that the language model _always_
   returns only runtime-retained annotations. That would be just fine
   strictly from the CDI perspective, but unforeseen cases may exist
   where the language model API would be useful, but nothing would
   prevent providing access to class-retained or even source-retained
   annotations. Hence, I believe it is better to make the restriction
   on the CDI level, and not on the language model level.

   

   Ladicek committed Nov 1, 2021
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