BTW, the version of AOP I am using is 2.1.1.GA. The one bundled in AS 5.1.0.GA Jeremy View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4247776#4247776 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4247776