Author: gavin.king(a)jboss.com Date: 2009-10-26 10:03:12 -0400 (Mon, 26 Oct 2009) New Revision: 4324 Modified: api/trunk/cdi/src/main/java/javax/enterprise/context/NormalScope.java Log: def passivating scope Modified: api/trunk/cdi/src/main/java/javax/enterprise/context/NormalScope.java =================================================================== --- api/trunk/cdi/src/main/java/javax/enterprise/context/NormalScope.java 2009-10-26 09:46:00 UTC (rev 4323) +++ api/trunk/cdi/src/main/java/javax/enterprise/context/NormalScope.java 2009-10-26 14:03:12 UTC (rev 4324) @@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ * * @author Gavin King * @author Pete Muir + * + * @see javax.inject.Scope &#064;Scope is used to declare pseudo-scopes. */ - @Target(ANNOTATION_TYPE) @Retention(RUNTIME) @Documented @@ -38,8 +39,14 @@ { /** - * @return true if this is a passivating scope type (if beans with - * this scope type must be serializable) + * <p>Determines whether the normal scope type is a passivating scope.</p> + * + * <p>A bean is called passivation capable if the container is able to + * temporarily transfer the state of any idle instance to secondary + * storage. A passivating scope requires that beans with the scope are + * passivation capable.</p> + * + * @return <tt>true</tt> if the scope type is a passivating scope type */ boolean passivating() default false;