What does it mean to be a bean?
According to the CDI specification:
A bean comprises the following attributes:
- A (non-empty) set of bean types
- A (non-empty) set of qualifiers
- A scope
- Optionally, a bean EL name
- A set of interceptor bindings
- A bean implementation
Furthermore, a bean may or may not be an alternative.
Bean types
In most cases, beans acquire references to other beans through dependency injection. The point at which a bean is injected will specify the type of that bean and a set of qualifiers. With the help of the bean type and qualifiers, Weld determines the implementation of a bean to provide for injection.
A bean type can be a class or interface that is visible to clients that wish to inject it. For instance, an EJB Session Bean implementation ...
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