I've copied EJBMetaDataLoader and it's sister AnnotationRepositoryToMetaData over to ejb3/metadata. This makes the stuff in trunk and ejb3/core deprecated until I finalize the move. Basically I need a component which extends the missing functionality of AOP and MC to advise on multi-class components (bean + interceptors). The real functionality of analyzing meta data and translating this to annotations should not be in ejb3/metadata. It should be plugged into there from the functional components. (So ejb3/interceptors can be fully responsible for Chapter 12.) So a plug point SPI still needs to be created. Carlo