In section 10.5.4 and 10.5.6, the spec requires that the @Observes annotation define a notify parameter which accepts the Notify enum. However, the Java compiler does not allow an annotation to define a method named notify(). public @interface Observes {     Notify notify() default Notify.SYNCHRONOUSLY; } This annotation parameter will need to be renamed. I suggest "notifyObserver". public void observerMethod(@Observes(notifyObserver=IF_EXISTS) EventType event) -Dan -- Dan Allen Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat | Author of Seam in Action http://mojavelinux.com http://mojavelinux.com/seaminaction http://in.relation.to/Bloggers/Dan NOTE: While I make a strong effort to keep up with my email on a daily basis, personal or other work matters can sometimes keep me away from my email. If you contact me, but don't hear back for more than a week, it is very likely that I am excessively backlogged or the message was caught in the spam filters.  Please don't hesitate to resend a message if you feel that it did not reach my attention. _______________________________________________ webbeans-dev mailing list webbeans-dev(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/webbeans-dev