"alesj" wrote : "adrian(a)jboss.org" wrote : If they are used by the annotations then they should be in the api. | Even the AutowireType? | Moving it out of spi? Yes. If it is used by the annotations then people need it to compile. Also, even for things like ControllerState you can create a helper class. e.g. | public interface MicrocontainerConstants | { | String CREATE = "Create"; | String INSTANTIATED = "Instantiated"; | } | | That way people can reference the constants in their annotations | instead of suffering from typos for the common values. ;-) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4134847#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...