Question

i’m experimenting with seam interceptors.
I i have a custom annotation defined as:

@Target(TYPE)
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Interceptors(SomeInterceptor.class)
public @interface MyInterceptAnnotation { }

and i have a superclass annotated with @MyInterceptAnnotation

@MyInterceptAnnotation
MyAbstractSuperClass{...}

is possible to have all subclasses derived from MyAbstractSuperClass intercepted??
Best regards

Answer 1

No, I suppose. You can try that out. However, something can be done on package level, using package-info.java. So, the classes belong to that particular package will get intercepted. Like below,

package-info.java

@MyInterceptAnnotation
package my.package.name;
import my.annotation.package.name.MyInterceptAnnotation;

In order to force subclasses to define the annotation, look at this thread.

Just came across a related thread, but its about Spring. I wonder if we have similar way in Seam. You can try to find out.