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package javax.enterprise.inject.spi;
import java.util.Set;
import javax.enterprise.context.spi.Contextual;
import javax.enterprise.context.spi.CreationalContext;
/**
*
* Represents an {@linkplain javax.enterprise.inject enabled bean}. This interface defines everything the container needs to
* manage instances of the bean.
*
*
* @author Gavin King
* @author David Allen
* @param the class of the bean instance
*/
public interface Bean extends Contextual, BeanAttributes {
/**
* The bean {@linkplain Class class} of the managed bean or session bean or of the bean that declares the producer method or
* field.
*
* @return the bean {@linkplain Class class}
*/
public Class getBeanClass();
/**
* Obtains the {@link javax.enterprise.inject.spi.InjectionPoint} objects representing injection points of the bean, that
* will be validated by the container at initialization time.
*
* @return the set of {@linkplain javax.enterprise.inject.spi.InjectionPoint injection points} of the bean
*/
public Set getInjectionPoints();
/**
*
* Determines if {@link javax.enterprise.context.spi.Contextual#create(CreationalContext)} sometimes return a null value.
*
*
*
* As of CDI 1.1 this method is deprecated and can safely always return false.
*
*
* @return true if the {@code create()} method may return a null value, and false otherwise
*/
public boolean isNullable();
}