Type Parameters:

T - the class of the bean instance

All Superinterfaces:

BeanAttributes<T>, Contextual<T>

All Known Subinterfaces:

Decorator<T>, Interceptor<T>

public interface Bean<T>
extends Contextual<T>, BeanAttributes<T>

Author:

Gavin King, David Allen

• Method Summary

  All Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  Class<?>	getBeanClass () The bean class of the managed bean or session bean or of the bean that declares the producer method or field.
  Set<InjectionPoint>	getInjectionPoints () Obtains the InjectionPoint objects representing injection points of the bean, that will be validated by the container at initialization time.
  boolean	isNullable () Determines if Contextual.create(CreationalContext) sometimes return a null value.

  • Methods inherited from interface javax.enterprise.context.spi.Contextual

    create, destroy

  • Methods inherited from interface javax.enterprise.inject.spi.BeanAttributes

    getName, getQualifiers, getScope, getStereotypes, getTypes, isAlternative

• Method Detail

  • getBeanClass

    Class<?> getBeanClass()

    The bean class of the managed bean or session bean or of the bean that declares the producer method or field.

    Returns:

    the bean class

  • getInjectionPoints

    Set<InjectionPoint> getInjectionPoints()

    Obtains the InjectionPoint objects representing injection points of the bean, that will be validated by the container at initialization time.

    Returns:

    the set of injection points of the bean

  • isNullable

    boolean isNullable()

    Determines if Contextual.create(CreationalContext) sometimes return a null value.

    As of CDI 1.1 this method is deprecated and can safely always return false.

    Returns:

    true if the create() method may return a null value, and false otherwise