[cdi-dev] 'implicit bean' definition, section 2.5.1

[Matej Novotny]

Hi Mark

I think there is a reason for that.
Look at section "12.1. Bean archives" -> "An  implicit  bean  archive is  any  other  archive  which  
contains  one  or  more  bean  classes  with  a  bean defining annotation as defined in Bean defining annotations." (E.g. which contains one or more implicit beans)

Basically, "implicit bean" creates a basis for definition on "implicit bean archive" (and, as opposed to that, "explicit bean archive").
I think you want to use explicit/implicit to define archives (based on presence/absence of beans.xml). And from that you derive that implicit archive contains implicit beans.


Matej

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Struberg" <struberg at yahoo.de>
> To: "Cdi-dev" <cdi-dev at lists.jboss.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 6, 2016 6:40:54 AM
> Subject: [cdi-dev] 'implicit bean' definition, section 2.5.1
> 
> "A bean class with a bean defining annotation is said to be an implicit
> bean."
> 
> That sounds pretty weird to me. I would have expected it exactly the other
> way around.
> A bean with a @SessionScoped annotation is rather an explicit bean to me.
> 
> Any reason for this section?
> 
> LieGrue,
> strub
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