[SOLVED] How to stack custom annotation in Java with @Inject annotation

How to stack custom annotation in Java with @Inject annotation

I saw this several times when browsing.. people are using @Inject annotation with their own to inject EntityManager like this:

@Inject @MyEm EnityManager em;

because you cannot just inject the EntityManager. You can do it only with @PersistenceContext. Does anybody know how to make this work (with the custom annotation), because I didn't find any information on the net? Give a example if you can, please.

Solution

Basically what you need to do is create a discriminator annotation and use it in conjunction with a Producer. This allows you to simple @Inject your Entity Manager in other beans within your Java EE application. Here is an example:

@Qualifier
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Target({METHOD, FIELD, PARAMETER, TYPE})
public @interface MyEm {
}

public class EntityProducer {
    @PersistenceContext(unitName = 'MyPU', type = PersistenceContextType.EXTENDED)
    private EntityManager entityManager;

    @Produces
    @MyEm
    public EntityManager getEntityManager() {
        return entityManager;
    }
}

public class MyDAO {
    @Inject
    @MyEm
    private EntityManager entityManager;
}