In comparison with the AnnotationInvocationHandler, the AnnotationProxy might also add the annotation name in toString. org.jboss.annotation.factory.AnnotationProxy@27982: {value=pojo} | Annotation org.jboss.example.microcontainer.annotations.Name exists on class org.jboss.example.microcontainer.annotations.POJO | sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationInvocationHandler@778255: @org.jboss.example.microcontainer.annotations.Name(value=pojo2) | Annotation org.jboss.example.microcontainer.annotations.Name exists on class org.jboss.example.microcontainer.annotations.POJO2 Shall I create an issue? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4087907#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...