Component annotated with @Startup is instantiated twice

[purecharger]

Any component I mark with the @Startup annotation is instantiated twice when Seam is initialized. Here is the most simple case:

@Startup
@Scope(APPLICATION)
@Name("startupTest")
public class SeamComponentStartupTest {
    
    @Logger
    private static Log logger;

    private static AtomicInteger counter = new AtomicInteger(1);
    
    public SeamComponentStartupTest() {
        logger.debug("number of times instantiated: {0}", counter.getAndIncrement());
    }
}

produces:

2010-03-17 10:57:24,210 DEBUG [SeamComponentStartupTest] (HDScanner) number of times instantiated: 1
2010-03-17 10:57:24,211 DEBUG [SeamComponentStartupTest] (HDScanner) number of times instantiated: 2

No EL expressions or bijection into another component is referencing this component.

Known bug? A search a JIRA produces nothing.

[kapitanpetko]

Add a @Create method and move your log statement in there. Constructor called multiple times is not necessarily the same as multiple instances of a component.

[purecharger]

Nikolay Elenkov wrote on Mar 18, 2010 02:47:


Add a @Create method and move your log statement in there. Constructor called multiple times is not necessarily the same as multiple instances of a component.

Thanks! I used @PostConstruct instead and got the desired result. However, I'd like to keep the annotated method protected, which is allowable according to the annotation documentation. Seam doesnt like this though, and is unable to invoke any method that does not have public access.