Annotation @Alternative does not work properly in EJB

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Issue

I am using @Alternative annotation for testing purposes and it doesn't working properly. The default implementation is always injected:

  • Interface
public interface MyService
  • Default implementation
public class DefaultServiceImpl implements MyService 
  • Alternative implementation
@Alternative
public class AlternativeServiceImpl implements MyService
  • Stateless EJB
@Stateless
public class MyBO {
    @Inject
    private MyServcie myService
    ...
}
  • 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">
    <alternatives>
        <class>xxx.AlternativeServiceImpl</class>
    </alternatives>
</beans>

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3.1

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