Thanks for replying stalep. "stalep" wrote : | @Aspect(scope=Scope.PER_INSTANCE) | | public class MyAspect { | | @Bind (pointcut="execution(public MyAspected->new())") | | public Object construction(Invocation invocation) throws Throwable { ... } | | } | Yup, I had tried with an execution (rather than construction) pointcut as well, and it hadn't worked. I thought it was better to report an exception rather than an apparent no-op. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3982628#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...