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 Distinguishes conditional <a href="../../../jakarta/enterprise/event/Observes.html" title="annotation in jakarta.enterprise.event">observer methods</a> from observer methods which are
 always notified.
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 A conditional observer method is an observer method which is notified of an event only if an instance of the bean that
 defines the observer method already exists in the current context.
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