"scott.stark(a)jboss.org" wrote : Referencing a cache configuration does not need a type-safe construct. That satisfies my concession A) :) "bstansberry(a)jboss.com" wrote : TBH, I don't see why @Cache needs to be in an ext-api jar at all Maybe, but it makes room for new Cache implementations we might derive in the future. And I'd like to keep the existing pattern where most metadata can be either XML- or annotation-based. If we don't need compile-time constraints on these annotations, I should be able to pull this together. Will update - thanks, all. S, ALR View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4102765#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...