Is there a @Create in components.xml?

[deadlockgr]

Is there a way to declare an initialization method in components.xml?

Like a @Create?

[herberson]

Define a Seam component with Application or Session scope and define a method annotated with @Create, this tells to Seam to execute that method on component initialization/instalation.

This example initializes the application admin user.

package br.com.herberson.example.session;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Random;

import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
import javax.persistence.NoResultException;

import org.apache.commons.beanutils.BeanUtils;
import org.jboss.seam.ScopeType;
import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Create;
import org.jboss.seam.annotations.In;
import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Logger;
import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Name;
import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Scope;
import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Startup;
import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Transactional;
import org.jboss.seam.log.Log;

import br.com.herberson.example.entity.Company;
import br.com.herberson.example.entity.Role;
import br.com.herberson.example.entity.User;

@Name("firststweard.InitializeApp")
@Scope(ScopeType.APPLICATION)
@Startup(depends="entityManager")
public class InitializeApp implements Serializable {
     // default serial version
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
     
     @Logger
     private Log logger; // NOPMD by herberson on 06/07/10 15:04
     
     @In
     private EntityManager entityManager; // NOPMD by herberson on 06/07/10 15:04
     
     @Create
     @Transactional()
     public void init() {
          logger.info("Initilizing application...");
          initAdminUser();
     } //end method
     
     public void initAdminUser() {
          logger.info("Call initAdminUser():void...");
          
          try {
               entityManager.createNamedQuery(User.FIND_BY_USER_NAME).setParameter("userName", "admin").getSingleResult(); // NOPMD by herberson on 06/07/10 15:05
          } catch (NoResultException nre) {
               dumpAdmin(true, MAX_ROLES, MAX_COMPANIES);
               logger.info("Admin user initialized...");
          } //end try ... catch
     } //end method
     
     private void dumpAdmin(boolean markLastLogin) {
          User admin;
          
          admin = new User();
          admin.setFirstName("System");
          admin.setLastName("Administrator");
          admin.setUserName("admin");
          admin.setPassword("123456");
          admin.setActive(true);
          admin.setRoles(new ArrayList<Role>());
          admin.setCompanies(new ArrayList<Company>());
          admin.getRoles().add(entityManager.find(Role.class, 1));
          admin.getRoles().add(entityManager.find(Role.class, 2));
          admin.getRoles().add(entityManager.find(Role.class, 3));
          if (markLastLogin) {
               admin.setLastSuccessFullLogin(new java.util.Date());
          } else {
               admin.setLastSuccessFullLogin(null);
          }
          entityManager.persist(admin);
          entityManager.flush();
     } //end method
     
} //end class

[deadlockgr]

Answer is here:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3139464/seam-equivalent-of-startup-in-components-xml