Ok, so jboss-managed would have to add a dependency on jboss-mdr and a MetaData instance added to the ManagedObjectFactory and related apis. I was thinkin it might be better to avoid that, and hook the mdr into a Configuration ClassAdapter plugin for example. I don't see where the BeanMetaData.getAnnotations is used in the org.jboss.kernel.plugins.annotations package, so where does the metadata layer annotation override the class annotation when MetaData.getAnnotation is called? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4185402#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...