javax.enterprise.inject.spi
Interface InjectionTarget<T>

Type Parameters:

T - The class of the instance

All Superinterfaces:

Producer<T>

public interface InjectionTarget<T>
extends Producer<T>

Provides operations for performing dependency injection and lifecycle callbacks on an instance of a type.

Author:

Pete Muir, David Allen

See Also:

javax.annotation.PostConstruct, javax.annotation.PreDestroy

Method Summary

void	inject(T instance, CreationalContext<T> ctx) Performs dependency injection upon the given object.
void	postConstruct(T instance) Calls the javax.annotation.PostConstruct callback, if it exists, according to the semantics required by the Java EE platform specification.
void	preDestroy(T instance) Calls the javax.annotation.PreDestroy callback, if it exists, according to the semantics required by the Java EE platform specification.

Methods inherited from interface javax.enterprise.inject.spi.Producer

dispose, getInjectionPoints, produce

Method Detail

inject

void inject(T instance,
            CreationalContext<T> ctx)

Performs dependency injection upon the given object. Performs Java EE component environment injection, sets the value of all injected fields, and calls all initializer methods.

Parameters:

instance - The instance upon which to perform injection

ctx - The CreationalContext to use for creating new instances

postConstruct

void postConstruct(T instance)

Calls the javax.annotation.PostConstruct callback, if it exists, according to the semantics required by the Java EE platform specification.

Parameters:

instance - The instance on which to invoke the javax.annotation.PostConstruct method

preDestroy

void preDestroy(T instance)

Calls the javax.annotation.PreDestroy callback, if it exists, according to the semantics required by the Java EE platform specification.

Parameters:

instance - The instance on which to invoke the javax.annotation.PreDestroy method