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Interceptor binding types

One of the advantages of EJBs is that they allow us to easily perform aspect-oriented programming (AOP) via interceptors. CDI allows us to write interceptor binding types; this lets us bind interceptors to beans and the beans do not have to depend on the interceptor directly. Interceptor binding types are annotations that are themselves annotated with @InterceptorBinding.

Creating an interceptor binding type in NetBeans involves creating a new file, selecting the Contexts and Dependency Injection category, and selecting the Interceptor Binding Type file type.

Then, we need to enter a class name and select or enter a package ...