&quot;adrian(a)jboss.org&quot; wrote : | Why do you want to do this? This is usually horrible. | Is this the old XmlLoadable stuff? | It is to support the ClassMetaData stuff, e.g. I need to be able to translate the following -aop.xml style stuff | <metadata tag="SomeTag" class="org.jboss.test.aop.bean.POJOConstructorTest"> | <constructor expr="POJO()"> | <data>ctor</data> | </constructor> | <method expr="int *(..)"> | <data>method1</data> | </method> | <method expr="void *()"> | <data>method2</data> | </method> | </metadata> | into | <bean name="ClassMetaData" class="org.jboss.aop.microcontainer.beans2.ClassMetaData"> | <property name="manager"><inject bean="AspectManager"/></property> | <property name="tag">SomeTag</property> | <property name="className">org.jboss.test.microcontainer.beans2.POJO</property> | <property name="element"> | <![CDATA[ | <metadata> | <constructor expr="POJO()"> | <data>ctor</data> | </constructor> | <method expr="int *(..)"> | <data>method1</data> | </method> | <method expr="void *()"> | <data>method2</data> | </method> | </metadata> | ]]> | </property> | </bean> | View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4106651#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...