Does feature stappling is allowed in custom web templates for SharePoint 2010?

Does feature stapplin开发者_Go百科g is allowed in custom web templates for SharePoint 2010?If not , I guess I need to use the feature receiver to activate features?

SharePoint 2010 and web templates - Feature stapling

Primary purpose of the feature stapling is to extend and customize existing site definitions. Usually these are used to provide some custom functionalities for the out of the box site definitions, but technique is definitely available also for the custom site definitions.