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package javax.enterprise.context;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
* <p>Defines CDI scopes which have a well-defined lifecycle. Examples for such scopes
* are {@link javax.enterprise.context.RequestScoped}, {@link javax.enterprise.context.SessionScoped}
* and {@link javax.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped}.</p>
* <p>Beans of such a scope will get a normalscoping proxy (Contextual Reference)
* for every injection.</p>
*
* <p>If a NormalScope is {@code passivating} then all it's Contextual Instances need
* to implement {@code java.io.Serializable}.</p>
* @version $Rev$ $Date$
*
*/
@Target(ANNOTATION_TYPE)
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Documented
public @interface NormalScope
{
/**Defines passivation semantic*/
boolean passivating() default false;
}