"epbernard" wrote : | Should I load the classes and build the class hierarchy, or should this be a service. I guess it does not matter a lot s I need to load the classes in this case. Aha, I see what you mean. I could port AnnotationEnvironment to use our Reflect propject - ClassInfo, MethodInfo, FieldInfo, ... Then it would be up to the underlying impl if it would load the class, e.g. Javassist flavor of Reflect would not load it - if configured properly. But this would mean all projects that integrate with AnnEnv should know about Reflect. I'll see how much work is to have both impls, with minimal code changes/house-keeping. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4171533#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...