you could try something like: | <typedef | name="intercept_this" | expr="class(my.package.*)"/> | | <typedef | name="dont_intercept" | expr="class($instanceof{@MessageDriven})"/> | | <pointcut name="myPointcut" | expr="execution(public * $typedef{intercept_this}->*(..)) | AND !execution(publiic * $typedef{dont_intercept}->*(..))"/> | | <bind pointcut="myPointcut"> | <interceptor class="the.interceptor.MyInterceptor"/> | </bind> | notice the use of AND along with the !(not). View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4079821#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...