Sure...but wouldn't the generated interfaces have to be created at pre-compile time? And annotations provide metadata that's part of the compiled code... anonymous wrote : Of course FooBean does not implement an interface now anymore, but invocations could be handled by some sort of dynamic proxy, right? OK, but when you do your lookup to the proxy that doesn't implement an interface, how would you cast it or call methods on it? InitialContext ctx = new InitialContext(props); | Object obj = ctx.lookup("jndiAddress"); | ((FooLocal)obj).foo(); // < You wouldn't be able to cast or invoke if the proxy doesn't implement an interface Sounds like you'd just like an XDoclet-esque step for generating Java source before compilation? S, ALR View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3978634#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...