[DELTASPIKE-853] Use @Stereotype for interface/enum/implicit bean discovery

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.5.0
• Assignee: Daniel Cunha
• Reporter: Jozef Hartinger
• Created: 09/Mar/15 09:00
• Updated: 14/Aug/15 14:46
• Resolved: 28/Jul/15 15:14

Description

In several places DeltaSpike uses ProcessAnnotatedType to discover interfaces/enum provided by the application. These interfaces/enums are usually annotated with a marker annotation, e.g.:

• @MessageBundle
• @View/@Folder
• @Repository
• most likely others

This works fine in explicit bean archives, where PAT is fired for each and every interface/enum within the archive.

In CDI 1.1+ implicit bean archives, this won't work however as PAT is only fired for classes with a "bean defining annotation".

One option to make these extensions work in CDI 1.2 environment is to add @Stereotype to the marker annotations.