JBoss development, A new message was posted in the thread "JBREFLECT - Exception processing non-public annotation": http://community.jboss.org/message/523364#523364 Author : Ales Justin Profile : http://community.jboss.org/people/alesj Message: -------------------------------------------------------------- I added this patch.   Index: src/main/java/org/jboss/reflect/plugins/introspection/ReflectMethodInfoImpl.java =================================================================== --- src/main/java/org/jboss/reflect/plugins/introspection/ReflectMethodInfoImpl.java    (revision 94787) +++ src/main/java/org/jboss/reflect/plugins/introspection/ReflectMethodInfoImpl.java    Mon Feb 01 15:03:48 CET 2010 @@ -101,12 +101,17 @@      */      public void setMethod(Method method)     { +      boolean isDeclaringClassPublic = true;        if (method != null) +      {           accessCheck(Modifier.isPublic(method.getModifiers())); +         isDeclaringClassPublic = isDeclaringClassPublic(method); +         accessCheck(isDeclaringClassPublic); +      }        this.method = method; -      if (isPublic() == false && method != null) +      if (method != null && (isPublic() == false || isDeclaringClassPublic == false))           setAccessible();     } @@ -120,13 +125,25 @@        accessCheck();        return method;     } -   +     /** +    * Is declaring class public. +    * +    * @param method the method +    * @return if declaring class is public return true, else false +    */ +   protected static boolean isDeclaringClassPublic(Method method) +   { +      Class<?> owner = method.getDeclaringClass(); +      return Modifier.isPublic(owner.getModifiers()); +   } + +   /**      * Check access permission.      */     protected final void accessCheck() // final because we don't want subclasses to disable it     { -      accessCheck(isPublic()); +      accessCheck(isPublic() && (method == null || isDeclaringClassPublic(method)));     }     /** -------------------------------------------------------------- To reply to this message visit the message page: http://community.jboss.org/message/523364#523364