[cdi-dev] Summarize finding a BeanManager (for Java SE, integration with older Java EE and unit testing)

[Rick Hightower]

We need a general purpose way of finding a BeanManager.
+1 for me.

This way should include JNDI lookup to a fallback BeanManagerLocator that
uses a ServiceLoader
+1 for me.

I think the behavior should look like this:


   - Lookup BeanManager in JNDI
   - If not found, try to load BeanManagerLocator from system property.
   - If not found, try to load BeanManagerLocator from ServiceLoader.
   - If more than one BeanManagerLocator found, sort by priority or die if
   there is more than one. (not sure about the sort, I think it should die, but
   can be convinced otherwise).
   - Once the BeanManagerLocator is found, use it to return a BeanManager


In addition,

I think we need a simplified interface for BeanManager.

https://github.com/CDISource/cdisource/blob/master/beancontainer/api/src/main/java/org/cdisource/beancontainer/BeanContainer.java

This could just be a utility class, but it should be included with CDI 1.1.
I think the  BeanManager interface is too low level.



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