diff --git a/bindings-go/apis/v2/accesstypes.go b/bindings-go/apis/v2/accesstypes.go
index d283d444..cd34d0be 100644
--- a/bindings-go/apis/v2/accesstypes.go
+++ b/bindings-go/apis/v2/accesstypes.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ type OCIRegistryAccess struct {
 }
 
 // NewOCIRegistryAccess creates a new OCIRegistryAccess accessor
-func NewOCIRegistryAccess(ref string) TypedObjectAccessor {
+func NewOCIRegistryAccess(ref string) *OCIRegistryAccess {
 	return &OCIRegistryAccess{
 		ObjectType: ObjectType{
 			Type: OCIRegistryType,
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ type RelativeOciAccess struct {
 }
 
 // NewRelativeOciAccess creates a new RelativeOciAccess accessor
-func NewRelativeOciAccess(ref string) TypedObjectAccessor {
+func NewRelativeOciAccess(ref string) *RelativeOciAccess {
 	return &RelativeOciAccess{
 		ObjectType: ObjectType{
 			Type: RelativeOciReferenceType,
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ type OCIBlobAccess struct {
 }
 
 // NewOCIBlobAccess creates a new OCIBlob accessor
-func NewOCIBlobAccess(ref, mediaType, digest string, size int64) TypedObjectAccessor {
+func NewOCIBlobAccess(ref, mediaType, digest string, size int64) *OCIBlobAccess {
 	return &OCIBlobAccess{
 		ObjectType: ObjectType{
 			Type: OCIBlobType,
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func (_ *OCIBlobAccess) GetType() string {
 const LocalOCIBlobType = "localOciBlob"
 
 // NewLocalOCIBlobAccess creates a new LocalOCIBlob accessor
-func NewLocalOCIBlobAccess(digest string) TypedObjectAccessor {
+func NewLocalOCIBlobAccess(digest string) *LocalOCIBlobAccess {
 	return &LocalOCIBlobAccess{
 		ObjectType: ObjectType{
 			Type: LocalOCIBlobType,
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func (_ *LocalOCIBlobAccess) GetType() string {
 const LocalFilesystemBlobType = "localFilesystemBlob"
 
 // NewLocalFilesystemBlobAccess creates a new localFilesystemBlob accessor.
-func NewLocalFilesystemBlobAccess(path string, mediaType string) TypedObjectAccessor {
+func NewLocalFilesystemBlobAccess(path string, mediaType string) *LocalFilesystemBlobAccess {
 	return &LocalFilesystemBlobAccess{
 		ObjectType: ObjectType{
 			Type: LocalFilesystemBlobType,
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ type Web struct {
 }
 
 // NewWebAccess creates a new Web accessor
-func NewWebAccess(url string) TypedObjectAccessor {
+func NewWebAccess(url string) *Web {
 	return &Web{
 		ObjectType: ObjectType{
 			Type: OCIBlobType,
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ type GitHubAccess struct {
 }
 
 // NewGitHubAccess creates a new Web accessor
-func NewGitHubAccess(url, ref, commit string) TypedObjectAccessor {
+func NewGitHubAccess(url, ref, commit string) *GitHubAccess {
 	return &GitHubAccess{
 		ObjectType: ObjectType{
 			Type: GitHubAccessType,
diff --git a/bindings-go/apis/v2/repositorytypes.go b/bindings-go/apis/v2/repositorytypes.go
index 2c332a26..53f7dcab 100644
--- a/bindings-go/apis/v2/repositorytypes.go
+++ b/bindings-go/apis/v2/repositorytypes.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ type OCIRegistryRepository struct {
 }
 
 // NewOCIRegistryRepository creates a new OCIRegistryRepository accessor
-func NewOCIRegistryRepository(baseURL string, mapping ComponentNameMapping) Repository {
+func NewOCIRegistryRepository(baseURL string, mapping ComponentNameMapping) *OCIRegistryRepository {
 	if len(mapping) == 0 {
 		mapping = OCIRegistryURLPathMapping
 	}
diff --git a/bindings-go/ctf/componentarchive.go b/bindings-go/ctf/componentarchive.go
index 127b633c..60a872ac 100644
--- a/bindings-go/ctf/componentarchive.go
+++ b/bindings-go/ctf/componentarchive.go
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ func (ca *ComponentArchive) ensureBlobsPath() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// WriteTar tars the current components descriptor and its artifacts.
+// WriteTarGzip tars the current components descriptor and its artifacts.
 func (ca *ComponentArchive) WriteTarGzip(writer io.Writer) error {
 	gw := gzip.NewWriter(writer)
 	if err := ca.WriteTar(gw); err != nil {
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ func (ca *ComponentArchiveBlobResolver) resolve(_ context.Context, res v2.Resour
 		return nil, nil, UnsupportedResolveType
 	}
 	localFSAccess := &v2.LocalFilesystemBlobAccess{}
-	if err := v2.NewCodec(nil, nil, nil).Decode(res.Access.Raw, localFSAccess); err != nil {
+	if err := res.Access.DecodeInto(localFSAccess); err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to decode access to type '%s': %w", res.Access.GetType(), err)
 	}
 	blobpath := BlobPath(localFSAccess.Filename)
diff --git a/bindings-go/oci/manifest.go b/bindings-go/oci/manifest.go
index cfce3d27..f04cc44a 100644
--- a/bindings-go/oci/manifest.go
+++ b/bindings-go/oci/manifest.go
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ func (b *ManifestBuilder) addLocalBlobs(ctx context.Context) ([]ocispecv1.Descri
 	blobDescriptors := make([]ocispecv1.Descriptor, 0)
 
 	for i, res := range b.archive.ComponentDescriptor.Resources {
-
 		var blob bytes.Buffer
 		info, err := b.archive.Resolve(ctx, res, &blob)
 		if err != nil {