Can a reference used with constructor be optional?

TARGET: sca-javaci-1.1-spec-wd03.doc
Java C&I Spec

Section 5: Implementation Instance Creation

Lines 267-272:

   Cyclic references between components may be handled by the container in
   one of two ways:



      If any reference in the cycle is optional, then the container may
         inject a null value during construction, followed by injection of
         a reference to the target before invoking any service.

      The container may inject a proxy to the target service; invocation of
         methods on the proxy may result in a ServiceUnavailableException




I think "the container may inject a null value during construction" (or is
it "any reference in the cycle is optional" that) no longer arises since
from CAA spec, "For a @Reference annotation applied to a constructor
parameter, the required attribute MUST have the value true.  [JCA90019]"




++Vamsi
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