[cdi-dev] [JBoss JIRA] (CDI-277) Clarify inheritance behavior of observer methods

[Mark Struberg (JIRA)]

    [ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/CDI-277?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12726335#comment-12726335 ] 

Mark Struberg edited comment on CDI-277 at 10/15/12 3:57 AM:
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X is just a placeholder for some random interface.

The point is that an @Alternative never disables another bean completely. What if e.g. class A implements X, Y ? Then @Alternative class B implements X would only be used for @Inject X x; but not for @Inject Y y; injection points.
                
      was (Author: struberg):
    X is just a placeholder for some random interface.
                  
> Clarify inheritance behavior of observer methods
> ------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: CDI-277
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/CDI-277
>             Project: CDI Specification Issues
>          Issue Type: Clarification
>            Reporter: Arne Limburg
>
> Chapter 4.2 of the (1.0) spec misses a bullet point about inheritance of observer methods.
> Either
> - If X declares a non-static observer method x() then Y does inherit this method.
> or
> - If X declares a non-static observer method x() then Y does not inherit this method.
> (This behavior is different to what is defined in the Common Annotations for the Java Platform specification.)
> should be added.
> Don't know, what's right through...

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