Thanks for your reply Chiba. I added this chek just before calling getAnnotations() and the class was found: | try { | CtClass c = method.getDeclaringClass().getClassPool().get("org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod"); | System.out.println("FOUND: " + c); | } catch (NotFoundException e) { | System.out.println("NOT FOUND: " + e); | } | // error happens here | annotations = method.getAnnotations(); | Console prints: | FOUND: javassist.CtClassType@1a697a1[public abstract interface class org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod implements java.lang.annotation.Annotation, fields= constructors= methods=javassist.CtMethod@da59c402[public abstract enabled ()Z], javassist.CtMethod@1e2eb9d5[public abstract groups ()[Ljava/lang/String;], javassist.CtMethod@87eeb3bb[public abstract dependsOnGroups ()[Ljava/lang/String;], javassist.CtMethod@9b4f6f0d[public abstract dependsOnMethods ()[Ljava/lang/String;], javassist.CtMethod@8b8eb7fd[public abstract alwaysRun ()Z], javassist.CtMethod@a79e83f0[public abstract inheritGroups ()Z], javassist.CtMethod@21e479fd[public abstract description ()Ljava/lang/String;], javassist.CtMethod@331b2daa[public abstract firstTimeOnly ()Z], ] | Stack trace is: | ... | Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod | at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:200) | at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) | at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188) | at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306) | at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:251) | at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.realm.ClassRealm.loadRealmClass(ClassRealm.java:174) | at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.strategy.DefaultStrategy.loadClass(DefaultStrategy.java:67) | at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.strategy.ForeignStrategy.loadClass(ForeignStrategy.java:39) | at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.realm.ClassRealm.loadClass(ClassRealm.java:201) | at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.strategy.DefaultStrategy.loadClass(DefaultStrategy.java:73) | at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.realm.ClassRealm.loadClass(ClassRealm.java:201) | at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:319) | at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) | at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:247) | at javassist.bytecode.annotation.MemberValue.loadClass(MemberValue.java:51) | at javassist.bytecode.annotation.Annotation.toAnnotationType(Annotation.java:293) | at javassist.CtClassType.toAnnoType(CtClassType.java:591) | at javassist.CtClassType.toAnnotationType(CtClassType.java:492) | at javassist.CtBehavior.getAnnotations(CtBehavior.java:185) | at javassist.CtBehavior.getAnnotations(CtBehavior.java:156) | at org.codecompany.jeha.mojo.Transformer.isAnnotated(Transformer.java:224) | at org.codecompany.jeha.mojo.Transformer.transform(Transformer.java:94) | ... 23 more | View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4235307#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...