Author: christian.bauer(a)jboss.com Date: 2009-10-13 02:55:24 -0400 (Tue, 13 Oct 2009) New Revision: 11574 Modified: branches/community/Seam_2_2/doc/Seam_Reference_Guide/en-US/Webservices.xml Log: JBSEAM-4039, documented sub-resource limitation Modified: branches/community/Seam_2_2/doc/Seam_Reference_Guide/en-US/Webservices.xml =================================================================== --- branches/community/Seam_2_2/doc/Seam_Reference_Guide/en-US/Webservices.xml 2009-10-12 17:28:37 UTC (rev 11573) +++ branches/community/Seam_2_2/doc/Seam_Reference_Guide/en-US/Webservices.xml 2009-10-13 06:55:24 UTC (rev 11574) @@ -496,6 +496,14 @@ <note> <para> + Sub-resources as defined in the JAX RS specification, section 3.4.1, can not be Seam component instances + at this time. Only root resource classes can be registered as Seam components. In other words, do not + return a Seam component instance from a root resource method. + </para> + </note> + + <note> + <para> Provider classes can currently not be Seam components. Although you can configure an <literal>@Provider</literal> annotated class as a Seam component, it will at runtime be managed by RESTEasy as a singleton with no Seam interception, bijection, etc. The instance will not be