[ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/CDI-414?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.sy... ] Antoine Sabot-Durand commented on CDI-414: ------------------------------------------ I relaunch discussion on this ticket since we are on the verge to introduce a new annotation related to "proxy" or "business methods" exception with CDI-527. This annotation could be designed to support broader proxy related feature than just CDI-527 and could provide a solution to extend proxy generation to self invocation. Suppose the annotation to be like {code} @Target({TYPE}) @Retention(RUNTIME) @Documented public @interface AllowProxy { boolean withFinalMethods() default true; boolean onSelfInvocations() default false; } {code} {{@AllowProxy}} alone could be used for CDI-527, but this annotation could be used for this ticket. The code provided by [~struberg] above would become {code} @ApplicationScoped @AllowProxy(selfInvocation=true) //ask the container to create proxy on all invocation public class CountryService { private List<Country> cachedCountries; public List<Counry> getCountries() { if (cachedCountries == null) { loadCountries(); // this call would be a business method call thanks to the annotation } return cachedCountries; } // Transactional aspect will be activated for all calls including from method in the same instance @Transactional protected synchronized loadCountries() { if (countries != null) return; countries = em…. load all countries form DB } } {code} As [~jharting] stated multiple times above, it is technically doable thanks to subclassing proxy. It's not done today because CDI was initially aligned on EJB regarding interception. Today Interceptor spec is no more part EJB and refers to "business method" concept (without defining it) for interception. CDI has its own definition of "business method" in http://docs.jboss.org/cdi/spec/1.2/cdi-spec.html#biz_method, so we could imagine adding definition for business method with this new annotation and stay consistant with interceptor spec. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.11#64026)