maven - Java CDI not kicking in -

so, first attempt @ cdi kind of went dogs. i've read ton of articles , tried variety of simple complex examples without success. here current, simple example. doing wrong?

maven project:

beans.xml (located in src/main/resources/meta-inf)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <beans xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee"        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/xmlschema-instance"        xsi:schemalocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee                            http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee/beans_1_1.xsd"        version="1.1"         bean-discovery-mode="all"> </beans> 

printer.java

import javax.inject.inject;  public class printer {     @inject greeting greeting; } 

greeting.java

import javax.enterprise.inject.default;  @default public class greeting {     public void saystuff(){ system.out.println("stuff"); } } 

main.java

public class main {     public static void main( string[] args ) {         new printer().greeting.saystuff();     } } 

the error
builds fine, on attempted run error

exception in thread "main" java.lang.nullpointerexception @ com.foo.app.cdi_test.main.main(main.java:5)

which precisely when attempt invoke saystuff() on greeting-property. why not being instantiated? tutorials claim @default excessive well. i've attempted using both custructor-injection , setter-injection, no cigar.

edit 1 - added pom.xml dependencies

<dependencies>     <dependency>         <groupid>junit</groupid>         <artifactid>junit</artifactid>         <version>4.11</version>     </dependency>     <dependency>          <groupid>javax.enterprise</groupid>          <artifactid>cdi-api</artifactid>          <version>1.1</version>          <scope>provided</scope>      </dependency>      <dependency>          <groupid>org.jboss.weld.se</groupid>          <artifactid>weld-se</artifactid>          <version>2.2.4.final</version>      </dependency>  </dependencies> 

edit 2 - version information
- java 1.7
- eclipse luna 4.4.0
- intellij idea 13.1.4

cdi runs fine in java ee container

e.g. try webapp, jsp/jsf page inside weblogic

in java se, may need more

what easiest way have cdi , jpa in java se?

http://blog.rocketscience.io/dependency-injection-with-cdi-in-java-se/

when new printer() responsible injecting stuff in object?