[e4-dev] Annotations vs Events and when should we extend them ?

[Eric Moffatt <emoffatt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

While looking at https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=376821
I realized that we should have some general guidelines for use in similar
situations...

My general feeling is that we need to
be strict(er) about annotations since I'm afraid that they'll get out of
hand otherwise but I really don't have a particular metric in mind for
deciding which technique we should use. In the case of the defect above
the choice was made easier since it is clearly a UI Lifecycle event.

Can anybody think of a 'rule' for deciding
when we should use one versus the other ?

Eric