Using CDI Beans in Instantiated Components
When using Vaadin CDI, most objects instantiated by the framework become managed beans.
The framework uses the CDI BeanManager
to get references to beans.
This means that they are fully fledged CDI contextual instances.
The add-on looks up the CDI bean by type (component class) and @Any
.
If the type isn’t found as a CDI bean – for example, because it’s ambiguous or doesn’t have a no-arguments public constructor – instantiation falls back to the default Vaadin behavior, and the component is instantiated as a plain-old Java object (POJO). Field injection is performed after the instance has been created using a no-args constructor, but constructor injection doesn’t work. Other CDI features don’t work either, since the instantiated component isn’t a contextual instance.
Note
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Methods annotated with @PreDestroy in Dependent beans instantiated by the framework aren’t run.
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Using Router Components
All route targets, router layouts, and exception targets become managed beans when the add-on is used. The components look and behave the same as without the add-on, but CDI features are available.
Example: Using the @Inject
annotation on a basic route target.
@Route
public class MainView extends VerticalLayout {
@Inject
public MainView(Greeter greeter) {
add(new Span(greeter.sayHello()));
}
}
Note
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Vaadin scans for router components on start-up and is unaware of CDI beans.
Using producers or the @Typed annotation causes issues with this kind of bean.
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Using Components Injected into Templates
Components injected into template classes using the @id
annotation become managed beans when the add-on is used.
Example: Using the @Id
annotation to inject the DependentLabel
component into TestTemplate
class.
public class TestTemplate
extends LitTemplate {
@Id
private DependentLabel label;
}
Example: DependentLabel
class.
@Dependent
@Tag("dependent-label")
public class DependentLabel extends Label {
@Inject
private Greeter greeter;
@PostConstruct
private void init() {
setText(greeter.sayHello());
}
}
Example: TestTemplate.html
Polymer template.
import { html, LitElement } from 'lit';
class TestTemplate extends LitElement {
render() {
return html`
<div>
<dependent-label id="label"></dependent-label>
</div>
`;
}
}
customElements.define(TestTemplate.is, TestTemplate);
Important
| The managed bean injected into the template shouldn’t exist before the template is instantiated. If it does exist at this time, it may not bind to its element, and this may result in an incorrect component tree. |
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