[webbeans-dev] Terminology

[Dan Allen]

On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Gavin King <gavin at hibernate.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 9:02 PM, Pete Muir <pmuir at redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> As I said before, I prefer bean to type/class/EJB
>>
>> Web Bean -> contextual bean
>> simple Web Bean -> contextual JavaBean
>> enterprise Web Bean -> contextual EJB
>
> Not all simple Web Beans are JavaBeans:
>
> * they don't have to have a default constructor
> * they don't have to be serializable

True, but then again the term "bean" does not necessarily imply
"JavaBean", so there is room for the new semantics (I think). I have
always liked contextual bean/JavaBean/EJB, for what it's worth.

-Dan

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