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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 session scoped.</p>
 * 
 * <p>The session scope is active:</p>
 * 
 * <ul>
 * <li>during the <tt>service()</tt> method of any servlet 
 * in the web application, during the doFilter() method of 
 * any servlet filter and when the container calls any 
 * <tt>HttpSessionListener</tt>, <tt>AsyncListener</tt> or 
 * <tt>ServletRequestListener</tt>.</li>
 * </ul>
 * 
 * <p>The session context is shared between all servlet 
 * requests that occur in the same HTTP session. The session 
 * context is destroyed when the HTTPSession times out, 
 * after all <tt>HttpSessionListeners</tt> have been called, 
 * and at the very end of any request in which 
 * <tt>invalidate()</tt> was called, after all filters and 
 * <tt>ServletRequestListeners</tt> have been called.</p>
 * 
 * @author Gavin King
 * @author Pete Muir
 */

@Target( { TYPE, METHOD, FIELD })
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Documented
@NormalScope(passivating = true)
@Inherited
public @interface SessionScoped
{
}
