Backing beans (@ManagedBean) or CDI Beans (@Named)?

Question

I\'ve just started reading through Core JavaServer Faces, 3rd Ed. and they say this (emphasis mine):

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Answer 1

CDI is preferred over plain JSF because CDI allows for JavaEE-wide dependency injection. You can also inject POJOs and let them be managed. With JSF you can only inject a subset of what you can with CDI.