Re: [webbeans-dev] Replacement pattern for Manager.getInstanceByType

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Pete Muir <pmuir(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: On 28 May 2009, at 16:04, Dan Allen wrote: > On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 6:35 AM, Pete Muir <pmuir(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > Yeah, this is used a lot in the TCK, and maybe a bit in addons > which enable injection in types WB doesn't know about (?), but I > don't think users will hit it. > > Correct, users really should hit this. It's used heavily in tests, > for instance in AbstractWebBeans tests. Hmm, yes you might well want to use this in a standalone, unit test, environment as an entry point. It would be great if we can add a convenience method to AbstractWebBeansTest. That would pretty much clear up any annoyances.

> It is also used when you are entering from outside the WB > environment. You get a handle to manager and lookup the type that > gives you entry. For instance, you might look up the Identity > component and then invoke some method on it which may trigger a > chain of WB injections once "inside". Yes, this is addon frameworks, not end users. Yep, agreed. I've found that injection is sufficient for all but those "entry point" cases. -Dan -- Dan Allen Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat | Author of Seam in Action http://mojavelinux.com http://mojavelinux.com/seaminaction http://in.relation.to/Bloggers/Dan NOTE: While I make a strong effort to keep up with my email on a daily basis, personal or other work matters can sometimes keep me away from my email. If you contact me, but don't hear back for more than a week, it is very likely that I am excessively backlogged or the message was caught in the spam filters. Please don't hesitate to resend a message if you feel that it did not reach my attention.