I think at present the API is way to complicated, and gives the user access to all sorts of internal things. I think a greatly simplified API is the way to go. For example, the -aop.xml format is straightforward, and gets resolved by AspectXmlLoader into the underlying dynamic API, which is the API currently being exposed to the users. I think in a similar way, the new dynamic API should be greatly simplified, but internally map onto the existing dynamic stuff. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4166351#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...