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Shouldn't it be interceptor-order rather than binding information which decides the order of execution of interceptors?

Not sure I understand your point wrt to the question but as per section 19.3 of EJB 3.1 specification: The Application Assembler may override, augment, and/or reorder the interceptor methods defined by the Bean Provider—whether in metadata annotations or in the deployment descriptor.

-Paul.

You said "whether in metadata annotations or in the deployment descriptor." and then in option 4: "meta data annotations cannot be changed for the bean code. It must be done through the deployment descriptor."
is that normal ?

What it means is Application Assembler may override that information irrespective of whether that information is provided by the bean provider using annotations or using deployment descriptor.

Thanks a lot