Package org.glassfish.hk2.api
Annotation Type Self
This annotation is placed on an injection point that is to be injected with the
ActiveDescriptor
that was used
to create the instance.
The following things must be true of injection points annotated with Self
- The injection point must have the type
ActiveDescriptor
. The generic type is ignored - The injection point must have no qualifiers
- The injection point must not be annotated
Optional
- The class must not be getting injected with the
ServiceLocator.inject(Object)
method
ActiveDescriptor
that can be injected have the following restrictions:- The
ActiveDescriptor
was not pre-reified prior to being bound (i.e. third-party ActiveDescriptors) - The
ActiveDescriptor
is not aDescriptorType.PROVIDE_METHOD
Self
will not go through the normal resolution process, and
hence cannot be customized.