Override producer methods implementation

[kwintesencja]

Hi guys,

there is a way to override a producer method logic but keep its metadata(qualifiers)?

here is an example of what i'm trying to do:

@SessionScoped

public class BaseSecurityContext implements Serializable {

    @Produces

    @LoggedIn

    @Named

    public Boolean loggedIn() {

        return isLoggedIn();

    }

    public Boolean isLoggedIn(){

        return Boolean.FALSE;//by default user is never logged in

    }

}

and in the subclass i just want to override the isLoggedIn() method but still producing @LoggedIn in BaseSecurityContext.

I know with "standard" CDI features i wont get that but with an extension there is a way to change isLoggedIn() implementation with its subclass one?

[kwintesencja]

for now instead of using @producer method im using a common interface plus @Specializes such as:

@SessionScoped

public class BaseSecurityContext implements Serializable ,SecurityContext{

    @Override    

    public Boolean loggedIn() {

        return Boolean.FALSE;//by default user is never logged in

    }

}

@SessionScoped

@Specializes

AppSecurityContext extends BaseSecurityContext{

    @Override    

    public Boolean loggedIn() {

        //application decide if user logged in

    }

}

So to track if user is logged in i use SecurityContext interface(which is in a third party library).

[mkouba]

Hi Rafael,

your solution makes sense. You could also specialize the producer method but this would not completely override the BaseSecurityContext bean which is desirable in this scenario...