[cdi-dev] [JBoss JIRA] (CDI-476) Inheritance of private observer and initializer methods

[Martin Kouba (JIRA)]

Martin Kouba created CDI-476:
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             Summary: Inheritance of private observer and initializer methods
                 Key: CDI-476
                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/CDI-476
             Project: CDI Specification Issues
          Issue Type: Clarification
          Components: Inheritance and Specialization
    Affects Versions: 1.2.Final
            Reporter: Martin Kouba


Initializer and observer methods may be private. In Java, private members are not inherited. However, the spec is not entirely clear in this area. 

"4. Inheritance and specialization"
{quote}
Member-level metadata is not inherited. However, injected fields, initializer methods, lifecycle callback methods and non-static observer methods are inherited by beans from their superclasses.
{quote}

"4.2. Inheritance of member-level metadata" (simplified):
{quote}
* If X declares an initializer or non-static observer method x() then Y inherits x() if and only if neither Y nor any intermediate class that is a subclass of X and a superclass of Y overrides the method x().
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There is no mention we strictly follow the JSL here. At first glance, it seems the private members should not be inherited. However, these may be part of a bean initialization. And what happens if we *specialize* a bean with such private members?




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