[weld-commits] Weld SVN: r5062 - doc/trunk/reference/en-US.

Author: gavin.king(a)jboss.com Date: 2009-11-15 18:52:05 -0500 (Sun, 15 Nov 2009) New Revision: 5062 Modified: doc/trunk/reference/en-US/producermethods.xml Log: helpful note Modified: doc/trunk/reference/en-US/producermethods.xml =================================================================== --- doc/trunk/reference/en-US/producermethods.xml 2009-11-15 16:55:53 UTC (rev 5061) +++ doc/trunk/reference/en-US/producermethods.xml 2009-11-15 23:52:05 UTC (rev 5062) @@ -92,6 +92,16 @@ same producer method. Thus, there could be multiple instances of the <literal>PaymentStrategy</literal> object for each user session. </para> + + <note> + <para> + The producer method does <emphasis>not</emphasis> inherit the scope of the bean that declares the + method. There are two different beans here: the producer method, and the bean which declares it. The + scope of the producer method determines how often the method will be called, and the lifecycle of the + objects returned by the method. The scope of the bean that declares the producer method determines the + lifecycle of the object upon which the producer method is invoked. + </para> + </note> <para> To change this behavior, we can add a <literal>@SessionScoped</literal> annotation to the method.