[cdi-dev] Summarize finding a BeanManager (for Java SE, integration with older Java EE and unit testing)

We need a general purpose way of finding a BeanManager. +1 for me. This way should include JNDI lookup to a fallback BeanManagerLocator that uses a ServiceLoader +1 for me. I think the behavior should look like this: - Lookup BeanManager in JNDI - If not found, try to load BeanManagerLocator from system property. - If not found, try to load BeanManagerLocator from ServiceLoader. - If more than one BeanManagerLocator found, sort by priority or die if there is more than one. (not sure about the sort, I think it should die, but can be convinced otherwise). - Once the BeanManagerLocator is found, use it to return a BeanManager In addition, I think we need a simplified interface for BeanManager. https://github.com/CDISource/cdisource/blob/master/beancontainer/api/src/... This could just be a utility class, but it should be included with CDI 1.1. I think the BeanManager interface is too low level. -- *Rick Hightower* (415) 968-9037 Profile <http://www.google.com/profiles/RichardHightower>