[ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBTM-2422?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.... ] Mark Little commented on JBTM-2422: ----------------------------------- So the reason I haven't allowed this is because the semantics of the class/object and associated application may change dramatically between pessimistic and optimistic. The developer needs to understand the differences and someone who created their classes using optimistic, say, may not be the person who then uses them within a container years later that tries to override this annotation. I'd thought of allowing some annotations on classes/interfaces to override those of the container or vice versa in general, i.e., not just specifically for optimistic or pessimistic. For some it does make sense. For others not so much. Obviously we could control this within the annotation itself by saying whether or not it allows being overridden. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.15#6346)