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*
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package javax.enterprise.context;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
* <p>Specifies that a bean is application scoped.</p>
*
* <p>The application scope is active:</p>
*
* <ul>
* <li>during the <tt>service()</tt> method of any servlet in
* the web application, during the <tt>doFilter()</tt> method of
* any servlet filter and when the container calls any
* <tt>ServletContextListener</tt>, <tt>HttpSessionListener</tt>,
* <tt>AsyncListener</tt> or <tt>ServletRequestListener</tt>,</li>
* <li>during any Java EE web service invocation,</li>
* <li>during any remote method invocation of any EJB, during
* any asynchronous method invocation of any EJB, during any
* call to an EJB timeout method and during message delivery
* to any EJB message-driven bean,</li>
* <li>during any message delivery to a <tt>MessageListener</tt>
* for a JMS topic or queue obtained from the Java EE component
* environment, and</li>
* <li>when the disposer method or <tt>@PreDestroy</tt> callback of
* any bean with any normal scope other than <tt>@ApplicationScoped</tt>
* is called.</li>
* </ul>
*
* <p>The application context is shared between all servlet requests,
* web service invocations, EJB remote method invocations, EJB
* asynchronous method invocations, EJB timeouts and message
* deliveries to message-driven beans that execute within the same
* application. The application context is destroyed when the
* application is shut down.</p>
*
* @author Gavin King
* @author Pete Muir
*/
@Target( { TYPE, METHOD, FIELD })
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Documented
@NormalScope
@Inherited
public @interface ApplicationScoped
{
}