Vicky, if I need to look at this in every possible detail, I may very well solve it myself, no? Make an .ear containing just 2 .sars, A.sar, B.sar. Each sar has same mbean deployed under a different name, with a start() method introducing a small delay and an attribute to record he start time of the mbean. Use an application.xml with the B.sar listed first, and query the 2 mbeans to find out the actual deployment order. For now, we don't need to expose the Comparator in the EARDeployer. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3961848#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...