[cdi-dev] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (CDI-140) improve passivation capable bean validation for @Dependent scoped beans in 6.6.4

improve passivation capable bean validation for @Dependent scoped beans in 6.6.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: CDI-140 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/CDI-140 Project: CDI Specification Issues Issue Type: Clarification Components: Resolution Affects Versions: 1.0 Reporter: Mark Struberg Fix For: 1.1 (Proposed) Currently section 6.6.4 defines that @Dependent scoped beans which get injected into a bean of a passivating scope must be Serializable. "If a producer method or field of scope @Dependent returns an unserializable object for injection into an injection point that requires a passivation capable dependency, the container must throw an Illegal- ProductException" The question is how to interpret "that requires a passivation capable dependency". It would e.g. be perfectly fine if the @Dependent bean is _not_ Serializable *if* the injectionpoint will be serialized via a writeObject or Externalizable#writeExternal. Proposal: to explicitly add a check for Modifier.TRANSIENT and writeObject(ObjectOutputStream) and Externalizable#writeExternal(ObjectOutput) This is very important for @Dependent scoped producers of legacy classes because there is otherwise no way to inject such classes at all.