i don't recall this. but i assume it is probably for some kind of extensibility like bernd needs it for :-) View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4214097#4214097 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4214097