The first call to a ManagedComponentImpl would be after the various bootstrap kernel deployments (bootstrap/*.xml of jboss AS) have been deployed and the ProfileServiceBootstrap runs. However, this class is referenced by a number of MC classes, so I'm not sure when its first loaded. Its probably when the bootstrap/deployers.xml ManagedObjectFactory bean is instantiated. Before another MainDeployer aspect was creating some of the ManagedObjects. That code is gone now. The question is whether I should be able to have an aspect in one of the bootstrap/*.xml deployments applied to the ManagedComponentImpl ctor? View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4227298#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...