Whats the correct way to create multiple instances of managed beans in JSF 2.0

Question

If I want to create more than one instance of managed bean in JSF 2.0, under different names in the same scope, how should I proceed? Ideally, I want the equivilant to (for

Answer 1

In your case you should make use of the faces-config.xml. Implment your bean without the ManagedBean and RequestScope annotation. So your bean will not become a managed bean per default. You can than instance as much managedBeans as you need with different names, different scopes and at lease differnent properties. For example:

    
    MyManagedBean1
    org.MyManagedBean
    session
    
        value1
        int
        5
    
    
        value2
        int
        2
    



    MyManagedBean2
    org.MyManagedBean
    view
    
        value1
        int
        30
    
    
        value2
        java.lang.String
        project
    

Don't think that descriptors are evil and annotations are the only way to implement your code.