No.  The RPCManager is scoped as GLOBAL:

   https://svn.jboss.org/repos/infinispan/trunk/src/main/java/org/infinispan/remoting/RPCManager.java Refer to the @Scope annotation on the interface.

But I understand your confusion here.  We should either:

1.  Change the Javadocs on fromStream() to be more explicit, i.e., only dependent components of GLOBAL scope are injected. NAMED_CACHE scope components are only injected later with CommandsFactory.initializeReplicableCommand().

2.  Remove the injection in fromStream(); have CommandsFactory.initializeReplicableCommand() handle all of the injection, of GLOBAL and NAMED_CACHE scoped components.

I have no problem with 2, if it makes your integration easier.  In fact, I actually think 2 is probably cleaner.

Yeah, 2 would be perfect for me. I can implement 2 and run the full testsuite and see whether all works fine.

If it looks good, I'll create a JIRA so that we keep a separate track of this change.