diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/JavaAnnotationsMojoDescriptorExtractor.java b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/JavaAnnotationsMojoDescriptorExtractor.java
index 9f1a05f..5de46e5 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/JavaAnnotationsMojoDescriptorExtractor.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/JavaAnnotationsMojoDescriptorExtractor.java
@@ -25,10 +25,16 @@ import org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor.PluginDescriptor;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
 import org.apache.maven.tools.plugin.DefaultPluginToolsRequest;
 import org.apache.maven.tools.plugin.PluginToolsRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.tools.plugin.annotations.scanner.MojoAnnotatedClass;
+import org.apache.maven.tools.plugin.annotations.scanner.MojoAnnotationsScanner;
+import org.apache.maven.tools.plugin.annotations.scanner.MojoAnnotationsScannerRequest;
 import org.apache.maven.tools.plugin.extractor.ExtractionException;
 import org.apache.maven.tools.plugin.extractor.MojoDescriptorExtractor;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.AbstractLogEnabled;
 
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
 /**
@@ -39,6 +45,11 @@ public class JavaAnnotationsMojoDescriptorExtractor
     implements MojoDescriptorExtractor
 {
 
+    /**
+     * @requirement
+     */
+    MojoAnnotationsScanner mojoAnnotationsScanner;
+
     public List<MojoDescriptor> execute( MavenProject project, PluginDescriptor pluginDescriptor )
         throws ExtractionException, InvalidPluginDescriptorException
     {
@@ -50,12 +61,50 @@ public class JavaAnnotationsMojoDescriptorExtractor
     {
         try
         {
-            List<String> classpathElements = request.getProject().getCompileClasspathElements();
-            return null;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+            MojoAnnotationsScannerRequest mojoAnnotationsScannerRequest = new MojoAnnotationsScannerRequest();
+            List<File> classesDirectories = toFiles( request.getProject().getCompileClasspathElements() );
+            mojoAnnotationsScannerRequest.setClassesDirectories( classesDirectories );
+
+            List<MojoAnnotatedClass> mojoAnnotatedClasses =
+                mojoAnnotationsScanner.scan( mojoAnnotationsScannerRequest );
+
+            return toMojoDescriptors( mojoAnnotatedClasses );
         }
         catch ( DependencyResolutionRequiredException e )
         {
             throw new ExtractionException( e.getMessage(), e );
         }
     }
+
+    private List<File> toFiles( List<String> directories )
+    {
+        if ( directories == null )
+        {
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+        }
+        List<File> files = new ArrayList<File>( directories.size() );
+        for ( String directory : directories )
+        {
+            files.add( new File( directory ) );
+        }
+        return files;
+    }
+
+    private List<MojoDescriptor> toMojoDescriptors( List<MojoAnnotatedClass> mojoAnnotatedClasses )
+    {
+        List<MojoDescriptor> mojoDescriptors = new ArrayList<MojoDescriptor>( mojoAnnotatedClasses.size() );
+        for ( MojoAnnotatedClass mojoAnnotatedClass : mojoAnnotatedClasses )
+        {
+            MojoDescriptor mojoDescriptor = new MojoDescriptor();
+
+            Mojo mojo = mojoAnnotatedClass.getMojo();
+
+            mojoDescriptor.setAggregator( mojo.aggregator() );
+            mojoDescriptor.setDependencyResolutionRequired( mojo.requiresDependencyResolution() );
+            mojoDescriptor.setDirectInvocationOnly( mojo.requiresDirectInvocation() );
+
+            mojoDescriptors.add( mojoDescriptor );
+        }
+        return mojoDescriptors;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/datamodel/AnnotatedContent.java b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/datamodel/AnnotatedContent.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f3cb55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/datamodel/AnnotatedContent.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package org.apache.maven.tools.plugin.annotations.datamodel;
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @author Olivier Lamy
+ */
+public class AnnotatedContent
+{
+    private String description;
+
+    private String since;
+
+    private String deprecated;
+
+    public String getDescription()
+    {
+        return description;
+    }
+
+    public void setDescription( String description )
+    {
+        this.description = description;
+    }
+
+    public String getSince()
+    {
+        return since;
+    }
+
+    public void setSince( String since )
+    {
+        this.since = since;
+    }
+
+    public String getDeprecated()
+    {
+        return deprecated;
+    }
+
+    public void setDeprecated( String deprecated )
+    {
+        this.deprecated = deprecated;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/datamodel/AnnotatedField.java b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/datamodel/AnnotatedField.java
index cc9bf6d..0169206 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/datamodel/AnnotatedField.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/datamodel/AnnotatedField.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ package org.apache.maven.tools.plugin.annotations.datamodel;
  * @author Olivier Lamy
  */
 public class AnnotatedField
+    extends AnnotatedContent
 {
     private String fieldName;
 
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/datamodel/MojoAnnotationContent.java b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/datamodel/MojoAnnotationContent.java
index 8986633..fdbf6ae 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/datamodel/MojoAnnotationContent.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/datamodel/MojoAnnotationContent.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
  * @author Olivier Lamy
  */
 public class MojoAnnotationContent
+    extends AnnotatedContent
     implements Mojo
 {
     private String name;
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml
index d7b2dbe..91df740 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@
       <role>org.apache.maven.tools.plugin.extractor.MojoDescriptorExtractor</role>
       <role-hint>java-annotations</role-hint>
       <implementation>org.apache.maven.tools.plugin.annotations.JavaAnnotationsMojoDescriptorExtractor</implementation>
+      <requirements>
+        <requirement>
+          <role>org.apache.maven.tools.plugin.annotations.scanner.MojoAnnotationsScanner</role>
+          <role-hint>default</role-hint>
+        </requirement>
+      </requirements>
     </component>
 
     <component>