Is it legal to inject a @Stateful into an MDB?

Is it legal to inject a @Stateful into an MDB?

@Stateful
public class InteruptBean implements Interrupt {
    ....
}

@MessageDriven(...)
public class EchoTrigger implements MessageListener {
    @EJB Interrupt interrupt;

    ....
}

Or better phrased: Can I use a stateful EJB to pass 开发者_StackOverflow社区state around in an asynchronous Event Driven Architecture?

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Yes it does not make sense. Because stateful session beans are meant for processing multiple requests from same client so that they have client-actions oriented processing. In this case MDB will be beans clients. MDB supports single request model. A request comes to MDB (in form of message) and it is processed. So both types of beans don't match in processing model.

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Yes, it's "legal", but it's nonsensical. MDBs instances are pooled like SLSBs. The MDB will become non-functional after the SFSB times out.

It might work to explicitly create the SFSB at some point, and then pass a reference to the SFSB in the messages being sent to drive the MDB.