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# spring

[sdeleuze]

https://twitter.com/sdeleuze/status/1542857535740329984

[Klitos Kyriacou]

This is progress, but it's still not quite fully there. The paragraph just above this snippet still says "The MyApplication.java file would declare the main method, along with the basic @SpringBootApplication, as follows:". This only makes sense when you're looking at the Java version of the code.

[sdeleuze]

Yep further refinements are needed but we don't have yet a way to make that change between Java and Kotlin.

[sdeleuze]

Maybe we need to use a language neutral phrasing, not sure.

[sdeleuze]

Feel free to send a PR with "The MyApplication class" instead of "The MyApplication.java file" to https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/pulls to see if the Spring Boot team is open to consider this.

[Klitos Kyriacou]

But it would still be problematic. "The MyApplication class would declare the main method" is incorrect. The main method is a free-standing one, independent of the MyApplication class. I'm not sure how best to phrase it. Ideally, perhaps the whole language-switching mechanism ought to apply to the entire page or paragraphs within the page, instead of just code.

[sdeleuze]

I don’t think that’s doable in a maintainable way.

[Frank bos]

Maybe it is an option to put those “language” specific phrases inside the code-block (commented). So it is closer to code and also switches between the language?

[sdeleuze]

I will discuss the various options with Spring Boot team and let you know.