JSF 2 - @ManagedBean not detected

Question

I have a ParentBean class which has the @ManagedBean annotation. If I subclass this class, the ChildBean does not inherit the @ManagedBean annotati

Answer 1

javax.annotation.ManagedBean does not have @Inherited. javax.faces.ManagedBean has. Check your imports.

Furthermore, I wouldn't rely on that. I don't see it defined in the spec, but usually inheritance with jsf managed bean is a bad idea. Even if you have it, you should have an abstract base class that holds common functionality but is not a managed bean by itself.

Another thing - reading the code later on would be harder if you don't have the annotation on the bean. It may take a while until the reader realizes it is inherited.

So put @ManagedBean on each bean, and don't overuse inheritance.