"adrian(a)jboss.org" wrote : Have a look at the log.properties format. This is a property file equivalent of xml log4j.properties? For simple javabeans props this is trvial/natural. I was thinking more about class, constructor, lifecycle (create, start, stop, destroy), installs, callbacks, ... Currently I do something like this: mybean.(class)=org.jboss.acme.MyBean mybean.(start)=someStartMethod ... Everything after bean name that is not in brackets () is considered as a property. Which is what you will mostly want. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4103685#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...