"bill.burke(a)jboss.com" wrote : * I don't see how something like the EJB3 container could use any of this. | The EJB3 container already does something similar. The purpose of the change is to use the MetaDataRepository rather than the old AOP way. They are functionally equivalent, but the MetaDataRepository has additional features like defining your loader over the xml or defining application level metadata. anonymous wrote : | * The AOP examples you give are all driven off of class level annotations. Where are the method/field driven ones? | That isn't the purpose of the example. If you want to see method/field stuff look at what the MC does or aop-mc-int tests of aop proxy (or just look at the AOP advisor). View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4096921#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...