What is the default Managed Bean Scope in a JSF 2 application?

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Depends on who’s managing the bean.

If it’s JSF via @ManagedBean, then it defaults to @RequestScoped, as mentioned in the javadoc:

If the scope annotations are omitted, the bean must be handled as if the RequestScoped annotation is present

If it’s CDI via @Named, then it defaults to @Dependent, as mentioned in Weld documentation:

Finally, CDI features the so-called dependent pseudo-scope. This is the default scope for a bean which does not explicitly declare a scope type.

The effect is that the bean instance is newly created on every single EL expression. So, imagine a login form with two input fields referring a bean property and a command button referring a bean action, thus with in total three EL expressions, then effectively three instances will be created. One with the username set, one with the password set and one on which the action is invoked. In effects, this behaves the same as JSF @NoneScoped. This confirms the symptoms you’re seeing.

If it’s Spring via @Component, then it defaults to @Scope("singleton"), as mentioned in javadoc:

Default: "singleton"

In effects, this behaves the same as JSF @ApplicationScoped and CDI @ApplicationScoped.

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