[webbeans-dev] Application scope not active

9.6.3 in the 20081203 specs lists when the Application scope is active: • The application scope is active during the service() method of any servlet in the web application. • The application scope is active during any Java EE web service invocation. • The application scope is also active during any remote method invocation of any EJB bean, during any call to an EJBtimeout method and during message delivery to any EJB message driven bean When is the application scope *not* active? The specs says that "The application context is shared between all servlet requests, web service invocations, EJB remote method invocations,EJB timeouts and message deliveries to message driven beans that execute within the same application". But apparently the application context active state is not shared? I can't recall Pete's motivation, but I recall changing the active to a ThreadLocal. Apparently it not "always on", and the states (application scope and others) should be flipped according to the lifecycle rules in the specs? --- Nik