[ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/CDI-456?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.sy... ] Mark Struberg commented on CDI-456: ----------------------------------- jozef, how should that work? The 3 beans are different but have the same beanClass(). So how should this get implemented? let's look at what you quoted. {quote} 5.1.4 For a custom implementation of the Bean interface defined in Section 11.1, “The Bean interface”, the container calls getBeanClass() to determine the bean class of the bean {quote} So what? Where in this sentence does it state that the 'bean class of the bean' cannot be null? It neither does define what the 'bean class of the bean' is used for by the container. {quote} 5.1.1.2 For a custom implementation of the Bean interface defined in Section 11.1, “The Bean interface”, the container calls .. getBeanClass() and getStereotypes() to determine whether an alternative is selected in a certain bean archive. {quote} oh fine, but this is not about Alternatives! Show me one single line where you read that getBeanClass() must not be null for any custom bean. This is just missing from the spec and we should clarify what should happen in this case. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.1#6329)