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[jsr342-experts] Re: CDI in Application Client Container

From: Bill Shannon <bill.shannon_at_oracle.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:57:11 -0800

CDI is supposed to be supported in the app client container. If it's not
working, please file bugs.

Antonio Goncalves wrote on 11/09/12 06:09:
> Hum.... for me it's just another container (EJB, Servlet & Client) so I would
> expect the same services from CDI. ACC is not plain Java SE, it's a container
> that gives you a small set of services, and that includes CDI (as per Java EE
> specification).
>
> Bill/Linda, if CDI is not supported in ACC why not getting rid of it in Figure
> EE.2-1 ? It's confusing.
>
> Antonio
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Pete Muir <pmuir_at_bleepbleep.org.uk
> <mailto:pmuir_at_bleepbleep.org.uk>> wrote:
>
> This also ties in to more general Java SE support for CDI IMO. I would
> probably prefer to get a general solution sorted, rather than a special
> case for ACC.
>
> On 9 Nov 2012, at 14:56, Antonio Goncalves wrote:
>
> > I like to use Producers and Alternatives so I can easily switch context.
> In the case of having CDI in ACC that would allow me to invoke different
> Web Serivces just by changing beans.xml
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Pete Muir <pmuir_at_bleepbleep.org.uk
> <mailto:pmuir_at_bleepbleep.org.uk>> wrote:
> > It's not in the cdi tck so I doubt it is in jboss as.
> >
> > Nigel's point about scopes is very relevant.
> > On 9 Nov 2012 14:03, "Antonio Goncalves" <antonio.goncalves_at_gmail.com
> <mailto:antonio.goncalves_at_gmail.com>> wrote:
> > I'm not an ACC expert, but I do use it once in a while. But to be
> honest, I don't know why it doesn't work. If you look at the EE spec (eg.
> EE 7 - Figure EE.2-1) you see that CDI & DI is in the ACC. But on the
> other hand, the CDI 1.0 spec (12.1. Bean archives) says "The container is
> not required to support application client jar bean archives." I tried
> several time with the appclient from GlassFish, and CDI just doesn't work
> (wonder if JBoss ACC allows CDI or not). The "is not required" part is
> frustrating.
> >
> > Antonio
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Pete Muir <pmuir_at_bleepbleep.org.uk
> <mailto:pmuir_at_bleepbleep.org.uk>> wrote:
> > I'm not an expert in the ACC, so would need a ACC expert who knows CDI
> to help us define the behavior. Interested Antonio?
> >
> > On 9 Nov 2012, at 12:41, Antonio Goncalves wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Correct me if I'm wrong but I haven't seen any discussion on this
> topic. In Java EE 6 CDI doesn't work in ACC. Wouldn't it be useful to add
> it in EE 7 ?
> > >
> > > A use case I'm working on at the moment is that I have a Java SE class
> (running in ACC) that injects a web service reference with @WebServiceRef.
> With CDI enabled I could produce this reference and just @Inject it.
> > >
> > > What do you think ?
> > >
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> >
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> > Antonio Goncalves
> > Software architect and Java Champion
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Antonio Goncalves
> > Software architect and Java Champion
> >
> > Web site | Twitter | LinkedIn | Paris JUG | Devoxx France
>
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>
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> Antonio Goncalves
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>
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