DefaultAnnotationProcessor does not scan class hierarchy for @PostConstruct and @PreDestroy annotations. The @PostConstruct function is not called for a managed bean when the function is defined in the base class. Detail: In the base class BaseClass I have a function @PostConstruct public void BaseClass.init(); My bean class OuterBean is derived from BaseClass, so it inherits this init function and hopefully the @PostConstruct annotation. In the old version of JSF, namely 1.2-b20-FCS from April/21/2006, the init() function was called. But in the new version of JSF, which is JSF 1.2.9 from July/17/2008, init() is not called. I wrote a bug against JSF, and they said that I should write a bug against Tomcat 6, and mention the DefaultAnnotationProcessor. So this is the bug. The URL of my JSF bug is https://javaserverfaces.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=800
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 45285 ***