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

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>

Represents an enabled bean. This interface defines everything the container needs to manage instances of the bean.

Author:

Gavin King, David Allen

Method Summary

java.lang.Class<?>	getBeanClass() The bean class of the managed bean or session bean or of the bean that declares the producer method or field.
java.util.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

java.lang.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

java.util.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