Global scoped Spring application context inside EJBs

SpringContextBean.java

import javax.ejb.Singleton;
import javax.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;

import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;

/**
 * Global {@link ApplicationContext} holder which can be referenced inside any
 * EJB/interceptor. This context is annotated with {@link Singleton} so there
 * can only one application wide context be defined. Additionally, this class is
 * marked as {@link ApplicationScoped}.
 * 
 * @author ckl
 */
@Singleton
@ApplicationScoped
public class SpringContextBean {
  private ApplicationContext applicationContext;

	public ApplicationContext getApplicationContext() {
		return applicationContext;
	}

	public void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext applicationContext) {
		this.applicationContext = applicationContext;
	}
}