&quot;adrian(a)jboss.org&quot; wrote : | Then we could add something to MetaDataRetrievalToMetaDataBridge | that does the replacement, e.g. | | | | | | public <T extends Annotation> T getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationType) | | { | | if (annotationType == null) | | throw new IllegalArgumentException("Null annotationType"); | | AnnotationItem<T> item = retrieval.retrieveAnnotation(annotationType); | | if (item == null) | | return null; | | - return item.getValue(); | | + T result = item.getValue(); | | + if (annotationType.hasAnnotation(Replaceable.class)) | | + result = checkReplaceable(result); | | + return result; | | } | | | Similar code would be required for getAnnotations() If we're about to do this, then it should be done on AnnotationItem, since annotations can also come from MetaData::get(Local)MetaData(s). View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4156275#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...