It seems the metadata for the context is created after the context is described. From some breakpoints | QualifierMetaData.describeVisit(MetaDataVisitor) line: 59 | DescribedMetaDataVisitor(AbstractMetaDataVisitor).internalDescribeVisit(MetaDataVisitorNode) line: 137 | DescribedMetaDataVisitor(AbstractMetaDataVisitor).describeVisit(MetaDataVisitorNode) line: 87 | AbstractBeanMetaData(AbstractFeatureMetaData).describeVisit(MetaDataVisitor) line: 106 | DescribedMetaDataVisitor.run() line: 53 | AccessController.doPrivileged(PrivilegedAction<T>) line: not available [native method] | AbstractKernelControllerContext.infoprocessMetaData() line: 249 | AbstractKernelControllerContext.setBeanInfo(BeanInfo) line: 180 | PreInstallAction.installActionInternal(KernelControllerContext) line: 89 <<< | PreInstallAction(InstallsAwareAction).installAction(KernelControllerContext) line: 54 | | BasicMetaDataRepository.addMetaDataRetrieval(MetaDataRetrieval) line: 109 | KernelScopeInfo(AbstractScopeInfo).addMetaData(MutableMetaDataRepository, ControllerContext) line: 126 | BasicKernelMetaDataRepository.addMetaData(ControllerContext) line: 70 | PreInstallAction.installActionInternal(KernelControllerContext) line: 95 <<< | PreInstallAction(InstallsAwareAction).installAction(KernelControllerContext) line: 54 | View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4266811#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...