[cdi-dev] CDI-86: Application lifecycle events

A number of people have requested that CDI fire lifecycle events. I have produced the following proposal to start a discussion: ================================================ Add these qualifiers: • @Initialized • @Destroyed • @Application • @Session • @Conversation • @Request And require that the container fires an event with an event type of Object when a context is initialized and destroyed, giving us 8 distinct events: • @Initialized @Application Object o; • @Destroyed @Application Object o; • @Initialized @Session Object o; • @Destroyed @Session Object o; • @Initialized @Conversation Object o; • @Destroyed @Conversation Object o; • @Initialized @Request Object o; • @Destroyed @Request Object o; The payload of the event will depend on the environment in which CDI is operating. The spec would require that if the application was a web application that the payload would be the relevant event as defined by the Servlet spec. The @Application event would be deferred until bootstrap is complete. ================================================ This will require the support of the Platform EG, so once we have a proposal we like, I will take it to them. WDYT? Pete