Just my two cents, I see nothing wrong with the current API, maybe adding a AbstractPojoCacheListener to make life a little more convenient. I do think CachedFieldInterceptor needs to be removed before the data is actually taken out of the cache, and not in a seperate thread if that is being considered. As it stands now, after a pojo is detached from a remote cache instance, it still tries to retrieve values from the cache, so you get a null value. I threw a quick unit test up under http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBCACHE-713 View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4054928#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...