I am now able to figure out whether there is instance metadata. The problem is to get the context into the AOPConstructorJoinpoint where I am doing the checks. Locally, I have made AOPConstructorJoinpoint implement KernelControllerContextAware, and KernelControllerContextAction.dispatchJoinpoint() set the context if the joinpoint implements the KCCA interface. All tests now pass, although I am not able to get hold of the context if instantiating the bean via the GenericBeanAspectFactory/GenericBeanFactory. I will tidy up this and commit tomorrow, and we can discuss from there View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3998106#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...