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 Specifies <a href="Reception.html" title="enum class in jakarta.enterprise.event">under what conditions the observer method is notified</a>.
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 By default, the observer method is notified even if no instance of the bean that defines the observer method already
 exists in the current context.
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<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>conditional observer type</dd>
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<dt>Default:</dt>
<dd>ALWAYS</dd>
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