Is it possible intercept a method from #ManagedBean? If not, there alternatives? - jsf

Question

I'm new to JSF-2 and CDI (I'm from Spring world).
I want to intercept a method from #ManagedBean but my Interceptor class is never called. Is it possible to do?
LogInterceptor.java
#Interceptor
public class LogInterceptor {
#AroundInvoke
public Object log(InvocationContext ctx) throws Exception {
System.out.println("begin method interceptor");
Object methodReturn = ctx.proceed();
System.out.println("end method interceptor");
return methodReturn;
}
}
RoleMB
#ManagedBean
#ViewScoped
public class RoleMB extends BaseMB {
#Interceptors(LogInterceptor.class)
public void preEditRole(Role role) {
...
}
}
beans.xml
<beans xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/beans_1_0.xsd">
<interceptors>
<class>br.com.preventsenior.services.log.LogInterceptor</class>
</interceptors>
</beans>
The log(InvocationContext ctx) is never called.

Answer 1

Java EE interceptors work only on CDI managed beans and EJBs, not on JSF managed beans.
So, you've basically 2 options:
Change JSF bean management annotations by CDI bean management annotations (#Named et.al.)
Intercept on an EJB method instead which is in turn invoked by JSF managed bean. In a sane Java EE application, the real business logic belongs in EJBs anyway.