"scott.stark(a)jboss.org" wrote : | Creating a depends-with-optional-attribute is the equivalent ioc we supported with the mbean model. This requires adding a ServiceAttributeMetaData with a ServiceDependencyValueMetaData value. | The "depends optional attribute" only exists in the xml, it doesn't exist in the ServiceMetaData model, so it's not the same as the examples I listed for the POJO stuff. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4131040#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...