Discover the value binding used for "this" bean.

Question

Hey there,
I hope this is an easy one.
From within a managed bean, how do i find out the valueBinding string that was used to register the bean.
Thanks,
Jason

Answer 1

public class MyBean {
    public String getManagedBeanName() {
        String managedBeanName = null;
        // Lookup in request scope.
        Map requestMap = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext().getRequestMap();
        for (Iterator iter = requestMap.keySet().iterator(); iter.hasNext();) {
            Object key = iter.next();
            if (requestMap.get(key) instanceof MyBean) {
                managedBeanName = (String) key;
                break;
        if (managedBeanName == null) {
            // Lookup in session scope.
            Map sessionMap = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext().getSessionMap();
            for (Iterator iter = sessionMap.keySet().iterator(); iter.hasNext();) {
                Object key = iter.next();
                if (sessionMap.get(key) instanceof MyBean) {
                    managedBeanName = (String) key;
                    break;
        return managedBeanName;
}