[cdi-dev] [JBoss JIRA] (CDI-280) clarify usage of 'bean' term usage in the spec

clarify usage of 'bean' term usage in the spec ---------------------------------------------- Key: CDI-280 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/CDI-280 Project: CDI Specification Issues Issue Type: Clarification Reporter: Mark Struberg Labels: CDI_api_chge, CDI_spec_chge, Ready_to_fix Fix For: 1.2 Proposed We should go to the spec and look up all 'bean' words as they are 5 different meaning the word 'bean' is used for * The Bean<T> extends Contextual<T>. Should be referred as 'Bean' or 'CDI Bean' * The class which gets scanned. Should be referred as 'Bean Class' to * The instance stored in the context. Should be referred to as 'Contextual Instance' * The proxy for a Contextual Instance should be referred to as 'Contextual Reference' * The type of an injection point should be referred to as 'InjectionPoint Type'