interface in jakarta.inject"><code>&#064;Singleton</code></a> pseudo-scopes.
 </p>

 <h2>Contextual and injected reference validity</h2>

 <p>
 A reference to a bean obtained from the container via <a href="../inject/Instance.html" title="interface in jakarta.enterprise.inject">programmatic lookup</a> is called a
 contextual reference. A contextual reference for a bean with a normal
 scope refers to the current instance of the bean. A contextual
 reference for a bean are valid only for a certain period of t