"bstansberry(a)jboss.com" wrote : What's your thinking behind making the @CacheConfig.name attribute type a Class? At least for the current usage in the clustered case a String is fine. Compile-time constraints for the bean provider. Course, we're using Strings elsewhere (@Cache, @Pool) so maybe that'd make more sense for consistency. S, ALR View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4106422#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...