Core profile CDI tests use archive without beans.xml

[arjantijms]

The test ee.jakarta.tck.core.rest.jsonb.cdi.CustomJsonbSerializationIT in the 10.0.3 core profile TCK creates the following archive:

test archive: CustomJsonbSerializationIT.war:
/WEB-INF/
/WEB-INF/classes/
/WEB-INF/classes/ee/
/WEB-INF/classes/ee/jakarta/
/WEB-INF/classes/ee/jakarta/tck/
/WEB-INF/classes/ee/jakarta/tck/core/
/WEB-INF/classes/ee/jakarta/tck/core/rest/
/WEB-INF/classes/ee/jakarta/tck/core/rest/jsonb/
/WEB-INF/classes/ee/jakarta/tck/core/rest/jsonb/cdi/
/WEB-INF/classes/ee/jakarta/tck/core/rest/jsonb/cdi/ApplicationResource.class
/WEB-INF/classes/ee/jakarta/tck/core/rest/jsonb/cdi/CustomJsonbResolver.class
/WEB-INF/classes/ee/jakarta/tck/core/rest/jsonb/cdi/CustomJsonbResolver$CustomSerializer.class
/WEB-INF/classes/ee/jakarta/tck/core/rest/jsonb/cdi/CustomJsonbResolver$CustomDeserializer.class
/WEB-INF/classes/ee/jakarta/tck/core/rest/jsonb/cdi/KeysProducer.class
/WEB-INF/classes/ee/jakarta/tck/core/rest/jsonb/cdi/SomeMessage.class
/WEB-INF/classes/ee/jakarta/tck/core/rest/jsonb/cdi/Utils.class
/WEB-INF/classes/ee/jakarta/tck/core/rest/JaxRsActivator.class
/WEB-INF/classes/key.pub

According to https://jakarta.ee/specifications/cdi/4.0/jakarta-cdi-spec-4.0#bean_archive the beans.xml file is required.

How are we supposed to pass this, or did I interpret something incorrectly? A number of products have already passed the Core TCK, so I'm not entirely sure what I'm missing, if anything.

[manovotn]

How are we supposed to pass this, or did I interpret something incorrectly? A number of products have already passed the Core TCK, so I'm not entirely sure what I'm missing, if anything.

I don't know the precise reason why and how they passed but EE implementations can mark deployment as CDI ones (meaning they will trigger Weld startup) based on various other indicators than just beans.xml presence. But it is just a guess.

Either way, there should IMO be beans.xml in the test so long as you are supposed to pass this with CDI Lite.

[arjantijms]

How are we supposed to pass this?

I'd say add beans.xml to the test. Is that a problem?

@manovotn & @Ladicek
You mean the vendor has to do that, or that we update the test to contain beans.xml?

For now I've added the following to the test runner, but I guess you meant the latter option?

public class CustomJsonbSerializationITFix implements LoadableExtension {

    @Override
    public void register(ExtensionBuilder builder) {
        builder.observer(CustomJsonbSerializationITFix.class);
    }

    public void removeService(@Observes BeforeDeploy event) {
        Archive<?> archive = event.getDeployment().getArchive();
        if (archive instanceof WebArchive webArchive) {
            if (webArchive.getName().equals("CustomJsonbSerializationIT.war")) {
                webArchive.addAsWebInfResource(EmptyAsset.INSTANCE, "beans.xml");
            }
        }
    }

}

[manovotn]

You mean the vendor has to do that, or that we update the test to contain beans.xml?

I mean I'd add beans.xml to the TCK test in this repo - I think this is a valid challenge.
Your workaround is also a viable option in the meantime 👍