t object of the bean or Java EE component class instance into which it was injected.</li>
 <li>An instance of a bean with scope <code>@Dependent</code> injected into a producer method is a dependent object of the
 producer method bean instance that is being produced.</li>
 <li>An instance of a bean with scope <code>@Dependent</code> obtained by direct invocation of an <a href="../inject/Instance.html" title="interface in jakarta.enterprise.inject"><code>Instance</code></a> is a
 dependent object of the inst