Accessing Snnotations on Proxied Local Object

[chane]

I'm trying to access the annotations on a @In property (which is a SFSB) from another SFSB. However, the annotations do not appear to be accessible since the @In SFSB is proxied.

Is there a way to access the annotations? Or should I go ask in another forum (pointers to the right one? I tried asking in the beginners forum)?

Specifically I have the following class:

@Name("quote.editor")
@Stateful
public class QuoteEditor implements IQuoteEditor{

 public Quote quote;

 @Relate(name = "quote")
 public String save(){
 return super.save();
 }
}

In another SFSB I have a reference to the above SFSB:

@Stateful
@Scope(ScopeType.CONVERSATION)
@Name("quote.configurator")
public class QuoteConfigurator implements IQuoteConfigurator {

 private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(QuoteConfigurator.class);

 @In(value="quote.editor")
 private IQuoteEditor qEditor;

 public String configure(){
 log.fatal(" methods for class["+qEditor.getClass()+"]:"); //<-- Proxy class and not a QuoteEditor
 for(Method m: qEditor.getMethods()){
 log.fatal(" method["+m.getName()+"]");
 for(Annotation ann : m.getAnnotations()){
 log.fatal(" int ann["+ann+"]");
 }
 }
 return "configure";
 }

}

All of the methods I expect (and a few more from the proxy stuff), are logged. However, none of the annotations are logged. Also, I have access to the Local interface (IQuoteEditor) annotations, just not the SFSB object (QuoteEditor) and its annotations.

Is there a way to access the annotations on the proxied object?

TIA,
Chris....

[gavin.king]

Try using Component.forName(...).getBeanClass()....

[chane]

Thanks for the reply. I was afraid that I had to "name" the class I was working with at some point.

I use internal annotations on my classes and want to pass the object to methods that act on those annotations. The methods are "generic" in that they operate on any object with the annotation. So I have to add a Class parameter to these method calls. It's not a big deal (more of a hassle), I was just trying to see if there was a method to access the annotations from the passed class without also having to pass the Class.

Thanks again,
Chris....

[gavin.king]

Alternatively, you can annotate the local interface.

[chane]

Thanks for the suggestions. I want to keep our annotations in one place if possible...so I'll have the developers pass the Class around.

Thanks again,
Chris....