If you have multiple deployers producing an aggregate metadata view the metadata will have to change. The 'users' view is a function of where you start at in the deployer chain. If I'm passing in authoritative metadata and expect 'metadata' deployers to be bypassed, that is something we would need better support for. Essentially an isMetaDataComplete(Class) call. What's the bean example? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4130586#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...