api/src/main/java/jakarta/annotation/ManagedBean.java

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package jakarta.annotation;

import java.lang.annotation.*;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.*;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.*;

/**
 * The <code>ManagedBean</code> annotation marks a POJO (Plain Old Java Object)
 * as a ManagedBean.  A ManagedBean supports a small set of basic services
 * such as resource injection, lifecycle callbacks and interceptors.
 *
 * @since Common Annotations 1.1
 */
@Target(TYPE)
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface ManagedBean {
    /**
     * The name of the Jakarta Managed Bean. Jakarta Managed Bean names must be unique within a
     * Jakarta EE module. For each named Jakarta Managed Bean, Jakarta EE containers must make
     * available the following entries in JNDI, using the same naming scheme used
     * for Jakarta Enterprise Beans components.
     * <p>
     * In the application namespace: <p>
     * java:app/&lt;module-name&gt;/&lt;bean-name&gt; <p>
     * In the module namespace of the module containing the Jakarta Managed Bean:
     * <p> java:module/&lt;bean-name&gt;
     *
     */
    public String value() default "";
}