See the org.jboss.test.metadata.annotation.repositoryMetaDataRepositoryUnitTestCase.testAnnotationMetaData test that shows what I'm talking about in terms of creating a JBossMetaData view that integrates the annotation based metadata. An AnnotationMetaDataDeployer that runs during POST_CLASSLOADER would create such a view if the metadata is not complete, and annotations exist. It uses the org.jboss.metadata.annotation.* stuff Carlo started. I'm still not clear on what is needed for the aop aspects configuration. This seems like a problem separate from the unified metadata view's requirement to incorporate deployment annotations. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4102132#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...