Actually I'm pretty sure Java does have limited meta-annotation support. Look at how Seam implements its DataBinding mechanism. | @Target(ANNOTATION_TYPE) | @Retention(RUNTIME) | @Documented | public @interface DataBinderClass | { | Class<? extends DataBinder> value(); | } Then in whatever your databinder annotation is | @Target({FIELD, METHOD}) | @Retention(RUNTIME) | @Documented | @DataBinderClass(SelectItemsBinder.class) | public @interface SelectItems | {... Code that looks for @DataBinderClass annotated elements will also find elements annotated with @SelectItems. This is all pretty static, so you won't have the nice macro effect that you're looking for, but could have your own @SeamSLSB annotation that encapsulates some boilerplate code (including imports). I haven't tried this with any annotation other than @DataBinderClass, and it has a @Target(ANNOTATION_TYPE). It's possible that other Seam annotations may also work those with @Target(TYPE), it's possible things may fail. Good luck. I hope this is useful. -Jim View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3969607#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...