[webbeans-dev] Replacement pattern for Manager.getInstanceByType

[Pete Muir]

On 28 May 2009, at 16:43, Dan Allen wrote:

> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Pete Muir <pmuir at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On 28 May 2009, at 16:04, Dan Allen wrote:
>
>> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 6:35 AM, Pete Muir <pmuir at redhat.com> wrote:
>> Yeah, this is used a lot in the TCK, and maybe a bit in addons  
>> which enable injection in types WB doesn't know about (?), but I  
>> don't think users will hit it.
>>
>> Correct, users really should hit this. It's used heavily in tests,  
>> for instance in AbstractWebBeans tests.
>
> Hmm, yes you might well want to use this in a standalone, unit test,  
> environment as an entry point.
>
> It would be great if we can add a convenience method to  
> AbstractWebBeansTest. That would pretty much clear up any annoyances.

Yes, I think David has already done (or was planning to do) this for  
this and TCK.

>
>
>
>> It is also used when you are entering from outside the WB  
>> environment. You get a handle to manager and lookup the type that  
>> gives you entry. For instance, you might look up the Identity  
>> component and then invoke some method on it which may trigger a  
>> chain of WB injections once "inside".
>
> Yes, this is addon frameworks, not end users.
>
> Yep, agreed. I've found that injection is sufficient for all but  
> those "entry point" cases.
>
> -Dan
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