Package javax.faces.flow

Annotation Interface FlowScoped

@NormalScope(passivating=true)
@Inherited
@Documented
@Target(TYPE)
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface FlowScoped

FlowScoped is a CDI scope that causes the runtime to consider classes with this annotation to be in the scope of the specified Flow. The implementation must provide an implementation of javax.enterprise.inject.spi.Extension that implements the semantics such that beans with this annotation are created lazily, when referenced, after the user enters into the specified Flow, and made available for garbage collection when the user exits the specified Flow. See FlowHandler.transition(javax.faces.context.FacesContext, javax.faces.flow.Flow, javax.faces.flow.Flow, javax.faces.flow.FlowCallNode, java.lang.String) for the specification of flow entry and exit.

When replacing (rather than decorating) the flow implementation with a custom FlowHandler implementation, it is necessary to also replace the CDI extension that implements the specified behavior regarding FlowScoped beans.

Since:

2.2

Required Element Summary

Required Elements

Modifier and Type	Required Element	Description
String	value	Must be equivalent to the Flow.getId() of a defined flow for this application.

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element	Description
String	definingDocumentId	If not empty, declare the defining document id within which the Flow referenced by value() is unique.

Element Details

value

String value

Must be equivalent to the Flow.getId() of a defined flow for this application.

Returns:

the id of this flow

Since:

2.2

definingDocumentId

String definingDocumentId

If not empty, declare the defining document id within which the Flow referenced by value() is unique. If empty the, the runtime assumes that all flow ids are unique within the scope of the application.

Returns:

the defining document id of this flow

Since:

2.2

Default:

""