I had something along this lines in mind | public AnnotationsItem retrieveAnnotationsAnnotatedWith(Class<? extends Annotation> meta) | { | Map<Class<?>, AnnotationsItems> index = retriveAnnotationsIndex(); | return new Commulative(this, true, index.get(meta)); | } | where CachingMDC does | protected Map<Class<?>, AnnotationsItem> retriveAnnotationsIndex() | { | Map<Class<?>, AnnotationsItem> cached = cache.get(key); | if (cached == null) | { | cached = super.retriveAnnotationsIndex(); | cache.put(key, cached); | } | else | // validate, etc, ... | | return cached; | } | View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4269373#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...