I also moved the GenericBeanFactoryMetaData2 into the spi and called it GenericBeanFactoryMetaData. Kabir wants to reuse it for AOP. We need to double check with Kabir that he isn't forced to ues the classes from metadata.plugins directly. This may require adding new features to the BeanMetaDataBuilder. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4133173#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...