Lukáš Valach created JBIDE-23175: ------------------------------------ Summary: Validation of RetentionPolicy Key: JBIDE-23175 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-23175 Project: Tools (JBoss Tools) Issue Type: Bug Components: cdi-extensions Affects Versions: 4.4.1.Final Reporter: Lukáš Valach The DeltaSpike sometimes requires to create new annotation. There are "parameter binding annotation" and "security binding annotation" in security module ([doc|https://deltaspike.apache.org/documentation/security.html]). If the anotation haven't this repention policy,then the annotation doesn't works ([explanation|http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3107970/how-do-different-r...]). This is a valid annotation {code:java} @Retention(value = RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) @Target({ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.METHOD}) @Documented @SecurityBindingType public @interface CustomSecurityBinding { } {code} and this doesn't work {code:java} //@Retention(value = RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) @Target({ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.METHOD}) @Documented @SecurityBindingType public @interface CustomSecurityBinding { } {code} I am not sure if that can be or should be validated. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.11#64026)