null Seam components OR default scope for non-Seam components ------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBSEAM-271 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBSEAM-271 Project: JBoss Seam Issue Type: Feature Request Components: Core Reporter: Raul Piaggio Priority: Minor Seam-managed components have a default Seam scope and are always created upon reference by a view. User-managed variables can be created and destroyed ad-hoc, but they don't have a default scope (it has to be specified in every outjection, leading to more costly code maintenance). The request is for a feature to allow creating and destroying variables in the Seam-controlled space but specify their scope in a unique location. (See forum reference for an example). Suggestions: 1) Allow null Seam components. This could be achieved with a "create" or "required" property in the @Role annotation (and in @Scope). Defaults to "true", but we could specify "create=false" or "required=false". 2) Create another annotation, similar to @Role and with the same properties. This would allow to specify a role and default scope for a class, which would not be Seam-managed in that role. Note that ideally, we would have role granularity, not class. That is to say, the same class would be Seam-managed in some roles but not in others. (Again, see forum reference). Thank you.