Ok, here is what I propose: 1) Remove the DelegatingCacheLoader class. I don't see any value add here. TcpDelegatingCacheLoader and LocalDelegatingCacheLoader directly extend AbstractCacheLoader. 2) Add protected methods getCacheLoader()/setCacheLoader() to AbstractDelegatingCacheLoader so all implementors need to do - at a minimum - is to extend the class and call setCacheLoader() in the constructor to set who to delegate to. WDYT? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4064950#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...