"wolfc" wrote : Well in actuality AnnotatedElementMetaDataLoader already works as I would expect it: http://viewvc.jboss.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/jbossas?view=rev&revision=.... But because of the semantics of MethodSignature it's luck and not design that drives this (JBMDR-28 being the four-leaf clover). | It only works because I removed the validation that the Method was actually part of the class. I did that for performance reasons since it was showing up as a hotspot for AOP joinpoint analysis. I expect the callers to do the right thing, which you aren't. ;-) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4170303#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...