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  1. CDI Specification Issues
  2. CDI-739

Scope mismatch can lead to subtle bugs

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      • Create a @RequestScoped provider
      • Return a non-proxyable object from it
      • @Inject the object into an @ApplicationScoped bean
      • Call the bean once to initialize the object
      • Call the bean subsequent times
      • Watch the object stay the same and incorrect for subsequent calls
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      Create a @RequestScoped provider Return a non-proxyable object from it @Inject the object into an @ApplicationScoped bean Call the bean once to initialize the object Call the bean subsequent times Watch the object stay the same and incorrect for subsequent calls

      CDI allows injection of a non-proxyable object created by a provider into higher level contextes. This can lead to subtle bugs, see the following example, the first username that accesses the service is returned for other users:

      @ApplicationScoped
      public class ServiceClass {
      
          @Inject
          @UserName
          private String userName;
      
      }
      
      @RequestScoped
      public class UserNameProvider {
      
          @Inject
          private HttpServletRequest request;
      
          @Produces
          @UserName
          public String userName() {
              return request.getUserPrincipal().getName();
          }
      
      }
      

      CDI should fail to start when it detects such a situation. Do note that this bug does not require direct injection (Service->userName), it can occur transitively as well (Service->User->userName).

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