@Inject and @Reference

[tonyeverett]

In the documentation, here

https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/JBoss_Enterprise_SOA_Platform/6/html-single/Development_Guide_Volume_1_SwitchYard/index.html

one finds this:

27.16. Indirect Service Invocation With Annotations

In the example below, annotations have been added to the bean called Order to manage invoation [sic]:  

@Named

@RequestScoped

public class Order implements Serializable {

    @Inject

    @Reference

    private OrderService orderService;

Do we need @Inject and @Reference?

Any clarification appreciated.

[kcbabo]

@Inject is a standard Java EE annotation which marks a bean injection point.  It is used during CDI discovery to inject a proxy to an actual bean.  @Reference marks an injection point so that it can be wired to a SwitchYard service.  We have an extension which participates in CDI discovery and creates a proxy for SwitchYard services for the injected field.

SwitchYard documentation is located here:

https://docs.jboss.org/author/display/SWITCHYARD/Home

Specific documentation on Bean Services is located here:

https://docs.jboss.org/author/display/SWITCHYARD/Bean