Just a quick note to let you know that I will be speaking next week on October 8 at the Java MUG in Dallas. I will be talking about how Seam has simplified JEE web development and influenced the revolutionary Web Beans specification (JSR-299). Hope to see you there!
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Recently reading the Web Beans Manifesto, I was intrigued by the use of stereotypes through annotation. Stereotypes are not a new concept. In fact the UML used them as extensibility mechanisms for defining new model elements that have specific properties suitable to your problem domain. Sound familiar?
The following diagram demonstrates some typical stereotypes:

Obviously, this indicates [...]

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