Some simple observations. You shouldn't extend GenericAnnotationDeployer (as it means then that you're doing the visit twice - our impl + your deployer). You should simply pull out the AnnotationEnvironment from the attachments (in your deployer) and do your custom check. Although I would be surprised if this was the cause. I'll see if I can think of something more ... View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4228324#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...