Managed property value not updated when both beans are of same scope - jsf-2

Question

I am seeing this strange behavior when using #ManagedProperty. I have 2 beans:
UserManager (SessionScoped)
#ManagedBean
#SessionScoped
public class UserManager extends BaseBean implements Serializable
{
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1861000957282002416L;
private User currentUser;
public String login()
{
// set value of currentUser after authentication
}
public User getCurrentUser() {
return currentUser;
}
public boolean isLoggedIn() {
return getCurrentUser() != null;
}
}
CartBean (ALSO SessionScoped)
...
import javax.faces.bean.ManagedProperty;
...
#ManagedBean
#SessionScoped
public class CartBean extends BaseBean implements Serializable
{
#ManagedProperty(value = "#{userManager.loggedIn}")
private boolean loggedIn;
public void updateCart(Movie selectedMovie)
{
if (!loggedIn) {
return;
}
System.out.println("UPDATE CART REQUEST");
int id = selectedMovie.getMovieID();
if (cart.containsKey(id)) {
cart.remove(id);
}
else {
cart.put(id, selectedMovie);
}
}
public void setLoggedIn(boolean loggedIn) {
this.loggedIn = loggedIn;
}
}
After logging in successfully, the value of loggedIn still remains false.
However, if I change the scope of CartBean to #ViewScoped, the value of loggedIn gets updated and I see the sysout.
As per my understanding and also after reading various articles, one can inject a managed bean or its property only if it is of the same or broader scope. But the "same scope" case does not seem to work in my code. What am I missing here?
I am using:
Mojarra 2.1.16
Spring 3.2
Hibernate 4.1
Tomcat 7.0.37

Answer 1

#ManagedProperty annotation can only provide static injection, which means that the annotated property will get injected when and only when the holding #ManagedBean is instantiated.
When you deploy your application, I believe your CartBean was referenced right at the beginning through things like the View cart button, etc. As a consequence, the injection took place too early and since the bean is #SessionScoped, you will carry the initial false value till the end of time :).
Instead of injecting only the boolean field, you should, instead, inject the whole UserManager bean:
#ManagedBean
#SessionScoped
public class CartBean extends BaseBean implements Serializable {
#ManagedProperty(value = "#{userManager}")
private UserManager userManager;
public void updateCart(Movie selectedMovie) {
if (!userManager.isLoggedIn()) {
return;
}
...
}
}

Answer 2

The solution is using Omnifaces it worked for me each time the value change you will get the new value
#ManagedBean
#ViewScoped
public class CartBean extends BaseBean implements Serializable {
private boolean loggedIn;
public void updateCart(Movie selectedMovie) {
loggedIn=Faces.evaluateExpressionGet("#{userManager.loggedIN}");
if (!userManager.isLoggedIn()) {
return;
}
...
}
}