"kabir.khan(a)jboss.com" wrote : Try | | | class($instanceof{java.lang.Object}) AND !class(@MyOwnAnnotation) | | | instead. | That worked. Thanks! "kabir.khan(a)jboss.com" wrote : | We don't do any validation of the ElementType, so if this is a big issue for you please add a JIRA issue. | | Nothing critical, but the behaviour goes against the semantics of the Annotation ElementType. I'll file a feature request for this validation. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4225062#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...