From b22d39139b97ca0a53c79feaf9758c53986fc37e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matej Novotny <manovotn@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2021 11:42:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add default implementation of OM#getDeclaringBean()

---
 .../jakarta/enterprise/inject/spi/ObserverMethod.java    | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/api/src/main/java/jakarta/enterprise/inject/spi/ObserverMethod.java b/api/src/main/java/jakarta/enterprise/inject/spi/ObserverMethod.java
index 228cca34..56e92f94 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/jakarta/enterprise/inject/spi/ObserverMethod.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/jakarta/enterprise/inject/spi/ObserverMethod.java
@@ -61,9 +61,16 @@ public interface ObserverMethod<T> extends Prioritized {
      * For synthetic observers, the return value is undefined.
      * </p>
      *
+     * <p>
+     * For the sake of compatibility with existing custom {@link ObserverMethod} implementations, this method by default
+     * returns {@code null}.
+     * </p>
+     *
      * @return the declaring {@linkplain Bean bean}
      */
-    public Bean<?> getDeclaringBean();
+    default Bean<?> getDeclaringBean() {
+        return null;
+    }
 
     /**
      * Obtains the {@linkplain jakarta.enterprise.event observed event type}.