VirtualFile metadata

[bill.burke]

Unless it is already tehre, i'd like to add a simple hashmap that allows you to attach arbitrary things to a VirtualFile. This could be used when different deployers scan the same .class file for annotations. We can cache the javassist.ClassFile inside of the VirtualFile so we don't have to scan twice.

[starksm64]

Then we have to ensure that the same vf instance is used in a given context.

[bill.burke]

If you want to switch to "vfsfile:" based URLs you're gonna have to cache anyways. Otherwise, performance is horrible, at least with the current implementation.

Its just a thought. Maybe it doesn't matter overall.

[starksm64]

I guess I would first ask why we can't leave this in the deployer attachments realm:

VirtualFile vf = ...
ClassFile cf = ...
unit.addAttachment(vf.getPathName(), cf, cf.getClass());

so that we don't have to be looking in multiple places for the deployment metadata.

[bill.burke]

guess you're right...