The current @Cache should not be in ext-api. Maybe we'll keep the construct in core. So for a bean developer we get either: @Cache("NoPassivationCache") or @CacheFactory("NoPassivationCache") By making the CacheFactoryRegistry a generic interface: interface CacheFactoryRegistry<T> { | CacheFactory<T> getFactory(String name); | } We can have typesafety in the core. On a related note: we still need something to pass in the cache configuration. interface CacheFactory<T> { | Cache<T> createCache(AnnotedElement element); | } I don't like it that we have two different @CacheConfig annotations. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4102836#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...