Interceptors don't work with JSF managed beans? - jsf

Question

I am decide to try interceptors My first interceptor binding annotation is
#Inherited
#InterceptorBinding
#Target({TYPE})
#Retention(RUNTIME)
public #interface WithLog {
// No parameters required
}
And interceptor class is
#Interceptor
#WithLog
public class LogInterceptor {
#AroundInvoke
private Object logMethod(InvocationContext context) throws Exception {
System.out.println("Method " + context.getMethod().getName() +
" of class " + context.getTarget().getClass().getName() + " was called.");
return context.proceed();
}
#PostConstruct
private void construct(InvocationContext context) {
System.out.println("#Postconstruct of " +
context.getMethod().getDeclaringClass().getName() + " started.");
}
}
So, I want to add simple logging for JSF managed bean:
#ManagedBean(name = "departmentRootMB")
#ViewScoped
#WithLog
public class DepartmentRootMB implements Serializable {
long serialVersionUID = 0L;
// . . . properties, methods
}
I read, that to enable interceptors I need to create beans.xml. I created one in the WEB-INF directory:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee/beans_1_1.xsd"
bean-discovery-mode="annotated">
<interceptors>
<class>ru.edu.pgtk.weducation.interceptors.LogInterceptor</class>
</interceptors>
</beans>
I rebuild project and no effect. Where is the mistake? What I did wrong? I use glassfish 4.1 with it standard components (WELD, EclipseLink, JSF 2.2.7)
Thanks for your time and best regards.

Answer 1

Interceptors don't work with JSF managed beans?
Correct.
Replace JSF bean management facility by CDI bean management facility.
In other words, replace #ManagedBean and friends by #Named and friends. The JSF bean management facility is on the schedule to be deprecated in favor of CDI in a future Java EE version anyway. This is a good opportunity to migrate now you can.
See also:
Backing beans (#ManagedBean) or CDI Beans (#Named)?