How to get the owning bean given a java object

Question

Hi, is there any way - for a just-created bean instance - to know on behalf of which bean this object has been created ?
In other words, going back from the java object to the bean symbolic name, as described in a faces-config managed-bean chunk (just the opposite of resolveVariable) ?

Answer 1

You want to get the definied managed bean name inside the backing bean?
If so, call this inside the backing bean: private String getManagedBeanName() {
    String managedBeanName = null;
    HttpServletRequest request =
        (HttpServletRequest) FacesContext
            .getCurrentInstance()
                .getExternalContext()
                    .getRequest();
    // Lookup bean in request scope.
    Enumeration requestAttributeNames = request.getAttributeNames();
    while (requestAttributeNames.hasMoreElements()) {
        String requestAttribute = (String) requestAttributeNames.nextElement();
        Object object = request.getAttribute(requestAttribute);
        if (this.equals(object)) {
            managedBeanName = requestAttribute;
            break;
    if (managedBeanName == null) {
        // Bean is not in the request scope. Lookup it in session scope.
        Enumeration sessionAttributeNames = request.getSession().getAttributeNames();
        while (sessionAttributeNames.hasMoreElements()) {
            String sessionAttribute = (String) sessionAttributeNames.nextElement();
            Object object = request.getSession().getAttribute(sessionAttribute);
            if (this.equals(object)) {
                managedBeanName = sessionAttribute;
                break;
    return managedBeanName;
}