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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 asynchronous observer method notification,</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, asynchronous observer method notifications, 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
{

}
