Bean (Jakarta Context Dependency Injection API)

Type Parameters:

T - the class of the bean instance

All Superinterfaces:

BeanAttributes<T>, Contextual<T>

All Known Subinterfaces:

Decorator<T>, Interceptor<T>
```
public interface Bean<T>
extends Contextual<T>, BeanAttributes<T>
```
Represents an enabled bean. This interface defines everything the container needs to manage instances of the bean.

Author:

Gavin King, David Allen

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.Class<?>`	`getBeanClass()`	The bean class of the managed bean or session bean or of the bean that declares the producer method or field.
`java.util.Set<InjectionPoint>`	`getInjectionPoints()`	Obtains the `InjectionPoint` objects representing injection points of the bean, that will be validated by the container at initialization time.

Methods inherited from interface jakarta.enterprise.inject.spi.BeanAttributes
getName, getQualifiers, getScope, getStereotypes, getTypes, isAlternative

Methods inherited from interface jakarta.enterprise.context.spi.Contextual
create, destroy

- Method Detail
  - getBeanClass
```
java.lang.Class<?> getBeanClass()
```
    The bean class of the managed bean or session bean or of the bean that declares the producer method or field.
    
    Returns:
    
    the bean class
  - getInjectionPoints
```
java.util.Set<InjectionPoint> getInjectionPoints()
```
    Obtains the InjectionPoint objects representing injection points of the bean, that will be validated by the container at initialization time.
    
    Returns:
    
    the set of injection points of the bean